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Flipping a Coin Before Kick-Off: It Is Less Fair than It Seems

Summary by scientias.nl
Before a World Cup match begins, the referee tosses a coin to determine which team gets to take the kick-off and on which half of the pitch they start. That seems super fair, but it isn't, according to research in which a coin was tossed more than 350,000 times. Coins are more likely to land on the same side […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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Before a World Cup match begins, the referee tosses a coin to determine which team gets to take the kick-off and on which half of the pitch they start. That seems super fair, but it isn't, according to research in which a coin was tossed more than 350,000 times. Coins are more likely to land on the same side […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.

·Middelharnis, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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scientias.nl broke the news in Middelharnis, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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