How random is a coin toss? – Numberphile (7:39)
Coin Flipping (extra footage) – Numberphile (5:00)
In American football and European football (soccer), a coin toss is used to determine which side of the field the teams will play on, as well as which team will have the ball first.
Coin Toss Talk – How to Determine Who Kicks Off (2:02)
We generally talk about there being 2 possible outcomes (heads or tails), but there is also a third, very uncommon outcome.
Coin Lands On Its Side During Coin Toss (Colombia vs Paraguay) (0:28)
There have been several instances in which NFL (American football) referees have made a mistake while flipping the coin to decide which team will receive the football.
Phil Luckett Botches Jerome Bettis OT Coin Toss (1998) | NFL On Thanksgiving (1:34)
From the description: “NFL referee Phil Luckett has one of the more embarrassing NFL on Thanksgiving moments, as he audibly mistakes Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis’ call of ‘tails’ on the overtime coin flip which would’ve been right. The Lions instead got the ball and kicked a game-winning field goal 3 minutes in OT.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zki61ZmKf4U
In the following clip, the coin did not rotate in the air, so the referee has to re-do the coin flip.
Coin Toss Doesn’t Flip For OT | Packers vs. Cardinals | NFL (1:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjAyQcv0oM