And you probably did so assuming you were getting a fair deal, because, as everybody knows, a coin is equally likely to show heads or tails after a single flip-unless it’s been shaved or weighted or has a week-old smear of coffee on its underbelly. Have you ever flipped a coin as a way of deciding something with another person? The answer is probably yes. Both sides are available at -105 odds at BetMGM.The Coin Flip: A Fundamentally Unfair Proposition? Unsurprisingly, tails is the choice of bettors in the early going as plenty of people live and die by the mantra that "tails never fails."Ĭurrently at BetMGM, 56% of bets and 59% of the money is backing the opening toss to land tails. If you're looking to be a contrarian bettor, you're probably considering betting heads for the opening coin toss. On the first offensive play of the game, Denver Broncos' center Manny Ramirez snapped the ball over the head of Peyton Manning, which resulted in a safety. Of course, Seattle won the toss and deferred their choice to the second half. The most recent team to win both the coin toss and the football game was the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII. For eight consecutive seasons, the team that has won the coin toss went on to lose the Super Bowl. If you're looking to bet the coin toss and want to tie your action to the actual football game that takes place after it, consider betting the team that won the coin toss to lose the game. (Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Coin toss winner has struggled to win the game The NFL has selected Carl Cheffers as the Super Bowl MVP. Philadelphia has won two of three tosses, but lost their most recent toss against New England in Super Bowl LII. Tails has been the winning side in two of their first three Super Bowls. On the other side, this is Philadelphia's fourth Super Bowl. In their first four Super Bowls, tails went 2-2. This is the Chiefs' fifth Super Bowl appearance. Super Bowl XXXII to Super Bowl XLII: 9 of 11 tails
Super Bowl XLIII to Super Bowl XLVII: 5 straight heads Super Bowl XLVIII to Super Bowl LI: 4 straight tails Super Bowl LII to Super Bowl LVI: 4 of 5 heads Overall, the coin toss has been a streaky proposition for the last 25 years: Four of the five most recent coin tosses have landed on heads. The two most recent Super Bowls have seen the coin toss land on heads. Tails bettors haven't had much fun in recent years. That's an average return of $1.16 per year. If you've bet $105 on tails in every Super Bowl at -105 odds, you've won a grand total of $65 over 56 years.
Through 56 Super Bowls, tails has been the winning side 29 times while the coin has landed on heads 27 times. In fact, in Super Bowl history, it has failed over 48% of the time, including back-to-back years and four of the last five years. Sometimes, tails does failĭespite what some people have been telling you for years, tails does fail sometimes. Let's dive into the history of the coin flip and recent trends. While we recognize that a coin flip is an independent event with a 50-50 chance of landing on either side every time you flip it, it's the Super Bowl, and we're analyzing a coin flip way more than we should be. Of course, there's the ever-popular "tails never fails" theory. Other people think that coins bounce more on turf than grass. Some people think that one side of the coin is slightly heavier, which makes it more likely that side lands face down. While a coin flip is a 50-50 chance, there are plenty of theories and thoughts about it.
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