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> there aren't any real world cases where you can win money (or gain any advantage) just by tossing a coin a certain way. Paying off a referee to have the coin
by JulianWasTaken 4y ago
> there aren't any real world cases where you can win money (or gain any advantage) just by tossing a coin a certain way.
Paying off a referee to have the coin turn up heads in overtime in a football game seems like it may net you some profit.
- paxys 4y agoIf you can pay off a referee then the coin toss would be the least effective way to do it. A single bad call would gain you a much bigger advantage.
- dTal 4y agoIt has far more plausible deniability, however.
- bluGill 4y agoMaybe. It only takes one bad call at the right time to throw a game. If the ref is consistently bad and missing call for both sides what is one more bad call? I don't care much about bad refs so long as they are consistently bad. However a perfect ref who missing one critical call is a lot more suspicious. Of course I prefer a great ref, but I can work with a fairly bad ref.
- aidenn0 4y agoI believe NFL coin tosses let the coin hit the ground. All methods I know of biasing a coin toss involve catching the coin. As long as the coin hits the ground and bounces at least once, a lot of randomness is re-introduced.