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How many bets\nor important decisions have been determined by the toss of a coin? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From sporting\nevents to all-or-nothing gambles, the ability to predict or control the outcome\nof such a simple thing as flipping a coin can be a powerful advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Controlling A Coin Toss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Controlling\nhow a coin will land is not always as difficult as you might think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cwobble\u201d\n(as I was taught it) is a simple idea that only requires a thousand hours of\npractice and is usually performed with a larger coin to aid the illusion of it\nspinning in midair when it is, in fact, merely oscillating without turning\nover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The method is\nto spin the coin horizontally and give it a little kick with thumb as the coin\nis tossed upwards, so it rotates and wobbles without flipping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The knack is\nto give it enough of a kick to create this pronounced wobble while throwing it\nstraight upwards to emulate the well-known action of flipping a coin\nlegitimately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Coin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve used this in several scenarios to great effect from magic performances to Real Hustle<\/em> <\/a>scams and occasionally in real world situations to decide all manner of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not the\neasiest move to master and it takes consistent practice to retain the skill but\nfor a while I was obsessed, flipping thousands of times not just to get the\nwobble to work but to make the false flip look perfect!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, I\nlearned another secret that made the turn of a coin seem much fairer and while\nit was not quite 100 percent accurate, the odds were so far in my favour that over\ntime it has proven much more valuable and far more convincing than a perfect\nfake flip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaffed Coins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While there\u2019s\na secret method to flipping a coin so it lands exactly on the side you need,\nthere are other solutions that make it almost automatic in the correct\nconditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a\nfriend who can let you spin a coin on the floor, then stamp on it with his foot\nand guarantee the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also knew\nmagician in Edinburgh who carried a double-headed coin and a double-tailed coin\nso he could flip and win no matter what side was called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember\nwatching him perform this feat and was amazed that no one noticed that for\nheads, he always flipped the coin from the left hand and for tails he always\nflipped from the right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People assumed\nhe only had one coin, but his secret was to have a coin in each hand, so he\nnever even bothered to switch the coins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ricky Jay, in a quick item for Simon Drake\u2019s excellent early 90s TV show The Secret Cabaret<\/a><\/em> suggested an even smarter use of a double-headed coin where he would propose flipping a silver dollar to decide who paid for dinner and invite his companion to call it while the coin was still in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they called\ntails, the coin was sure to land heads up and the sucker would pay the cheque\nbut if they called heads, Ricky would catch the coin and return it to his\npocket, claiming it was just a joke to see if they would play along then\nproposed splitting the cheque as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a\nsimple swindle but an ingenious construction that might gain a sizeable advantage\non the number of free meals a hustler might win in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"double-headed<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other gaffs\ninclude coins that have had their edges expertly filed and re-milled so that\nwhen spun, they might land on a preferred side more often than not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional\nhustlers can make these with simple tools, though I\u2019ve seen poorly made\nexamples in joke shops that are almost impossible to make land the other way! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the best\ncontrolled flip did not use mechanical shoes, gaffed coins or even controlled\ntosses and yet, over time, many millions were won by the master coin flipper of\nall time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet \u201cThe Flipper\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a con man, \u201cThe\nFlipper\u201d has succeeded in creating his own legend with almost no personal\ndetails being revealed and much of what I learned about him came from second or\nthird-hand accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of\nwhat he could do with a coin soon began to baffle me because it seemed\nimpossible that anyone could control a coin under the circumstances being\ndescribed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flipper\ndidn\u2019t just toss a coin and slap it on the back of his hand; he span it high\ninto the air then tossed it unseen under a cup or even an upended trash can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes he\nallowed others to spin the coin – often borrowed and freely examinable at any\npoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was baffled\nby these stories because I assumed he simply had to be controlling the outcome,\nbut this was not always the case (though I\u2019m certain he was also a master of\nall the methods previously described). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, a\ncontrolled flip would be a disadvantage for the Flipper\u2019s purposes because when\nhe tossed a coin, it was never to win a free lunch or a few dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the\nFlipper flipped a coin, thousands of dollars would ride on the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flipper\u2019s Secret<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So if the flip\nwas fair, how did the Flipper cheat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a coin\nwas tossed, the outcome was truly random but what happened to the coin after\nthe flip is where the Flipper\u2019s genius excelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter if\ncoin landed heads-up or tails-up or whether he threw it a hundred yards away\nonto an empty field, ricocheting into a trash can or under his own foot – that\ncoin never flipped again<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flipper\u2019s\nprocess of trapping the coin in a seemingly fair manner so it couldn\u2019t be\ncontrolled, allowed him (by sense of touch) to tell if the coin was heads up or\ntails up and then keep it that way while placing it into a seemingly fair\nposition for people to then gamble on the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This meant\nthat he alone knew for certain what the outcome was before any bets were made\nand since he would be the bookie for the bets that were taken, he had the\nultimate advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that\nmoment, he would take bets on heads and tails but make absolutely sure he took\nmore losing bets than winning bets since he already knew the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flipper\u2019s\nskill and showmanship gave him a powerful advantage and he would often have\ndozens of people betting on the toss of a coin, each winning and losing\naccording to an obviously random and fair coin toss but thanks to already\nknowing the result and being able to retain that result in a theatrical and\nconvincing manner, the Flipper was guaranteed to make money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shill Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Flipper\nalso worked with shills who bet money on the winning side so the Flipper could\nencourage more bets from suckers on the other side of the coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An expert\nshill might bet on heads after receiving a signal on the Flipper then offer\nodds to anyone who would bet against him, so pushing all the suckers towards\nthe losing option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so\nmany ways to manipulate a crowd once the outcome is certain that the Flipper\nprobably made millions during his \u2018career\u2019 but what became of him is unknown\nand in a dozen years of asking and searching, I am yet to even learn his name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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