Coin flipping
PRACTICE OF THROWING A COIN IN THE AIR TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVES
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Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking which side is showing when it lands, in order to choose between two alternatives, heads or tails, sometimes used to resolve a dispute between two parties. It is a form of sortition which inherently has two possible outcomes.