sick to death of crypto ie moan

[The Baron]

I wanna know why after he did it like 6 or 7 times people kept betting!?

[RED-DOG]

I wanna know why after he did it like 6 or 7 times people kept betting!?

This would be a group of maybe 100 or so wealthy guys, all desperate for action, some of course were betting that he would head them

[The Baron]

I wanna know why after he did it like 6 or 7 times people kept betting!?

This would be a group of maybe 100 or so wealthy guys, all desperate for action, some of course were betting that he would head them

Ahh I see. A great thing to learn then!

[RED-DOG]

I wanna know why after he did it like 6 or 7 times people kept betting!?

This would be a group of maybe 100 or so wealthy guys, all desperate for action, some of course were betting that he would head them

Ahh I see. A great thing to learn then!

Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying Coppie flammed them

He may well have done, I'm just not saying it!

[tikay]

"flammed"?

[snoopy1239]

When I see this thread on the main page, it says "sick to death of cry..."

I could have sworn it was going to say 'crying' and we'd had some really bad news.

Good news is it's not life or death news.

[RED-DOG]

I know people who can toss two coins at once and make them come both heads or tails at will (It's called Flamming)

To combat this skill, in a proper tossing ring players are required to flip the coins from the end of a flat stick

[Wardonkey]

A very similar version of this game is played in Australian casinos, they call it 'two-up'.

On Anzac day there is an amnesty on gambling in the street, and you will see groups of people on street corners playing the game in the way described by Red.

[Royal Flush]

I know people who can toss two coins at once and make them come both heads or tails at will (It's called Flamming)

To combat this skill, in a proper tossing ring players are required to flip the coins from the end of a flat stick

What on earth is a tossing ring Tom? Do they wager big money?

OMG, you wouldn't believe it

A large group of men form in a circle, two men stand in the middle one is the "Penny Man" It's his job to ensure that everything is kosher, ie, the coins don't have two heads, bets are honoured, trouble makers are ejected etc, For providing thes service he takes a small rake from every "Pot"

The other man is the player who's turn it is to toss the coins, he gives the penny man the amount of money that he wants to wager, and the penny man walks around the circle calling out, for example, "£500, who wants any part of £500?"

Bets are then taken from the crowd until the £500 is covered, (The penny man is also responsible for remembering who bet what amount) then the rest of the crowd are free to bet among themselves

The player makes his throw, if both coins come down heads, he wins all bets and gets another turn, he can bet for more than his original £500 stake but not less, he can have as many turns as he likes until he loses, then it's the next mans turn

In 1978 at Doncaster races when all the Gypsies used to attend, I saw a man called Coppie Price throw 17 sets of heads, he won over £30,000 and a new Land Rover, back then, £30,000 was a lot of money

Brilliant

[M3boy]

It was (i dont know about now as the coins have changed) a well know fact that a coin would land heads up more times than tales - it was due to the spinning of the coin and the fact that the heads side of a coin weighed more than the tail side.

Just think, some sad git probably spent 1000's of tax payers money to prove this - GENIUS!!

[Bongo]

I didn't read the entire coin flip article but i thought of the following (sorry if it is already taken into account):

Surely the bias would depend on the type of coin used, it's specific condition (ie how worn it is and where etc) and the type of flip used. Other things like the wind may also have an effect on which outcome is more likely.