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About the Classic Heads or Tails Toss

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Ancient Roman Origins

The practice of flipping a coin goes back thousands of years. In Roman times, the game was called "navia aut caput" (ship or head), referencing the ship design on one side of their coins and the emperor's head on the other.

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UK Cultural Tradition

In the UK, tossing a coin is a time-tested cultural ritual. Whether resolving small domestic chore debates, deciding which pub to visit, or starting matches, "heads or tails" is part of the national vocabulary.

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The Probability Math

Each individual coin toss carries a true 50% probability for heads and 50% for tails. Prior outcomes have zero influence on future flips. A run of five heads in a row does not make a tail more likely to occur on the next flip.