Heads: 0
Tails: 0
Heads or Tails – “Toss the coin online“
Heads or Tails is a great way to let fate make a decision for you. 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 randomly choose between two alternatives.
This fast, easy to use tool utilizes code which generates true, random 50/50 results. To play, simply click/tap the coin. After you flip, check out your flip number! Click/tap the color boxes to choose your favorite color scheme. Go ahead, flip to your heart’s content!
Just Flip A Coin is perfect for:
- Deciding between two choices
- Playing Heads or Tails with friends
- Making yes or no decisions
- Deciding which team goes first in a game
- Resolving a dispute between two players
- Determining the winner of a tie
- Choosing whether to do something or not
- An alternative to Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Deciding which of two movies or shows to watch
- Teaching children and students the nature of probability
- Making picks in fantasy leagues
Historic coin tosses
Sometimes, when faced with important choices, flipping a coin is one way to make a decision. There have been historic decisions made this way.
The fateful coin toss that decided the fate of star Ritchie Valens.
Ritchie Valens is known as a talented American music star and a pioneer of the Rock & Roll genre. When the famous Winter Dance Party Tour stopped at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, 1959, singer Buddy Holly had booked plane tickets for the members to their next destination (Moorhead, Minnesota) after their tour bus experienced mechanical issues. Artist J.P. Richardson was suffering from the flu and convinced Holly’s band member, Waylon Jennings, to cancel his ticket, freeing up a seat on the plane. Later, Tommy Allsup, Holly’s guitarist, flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens to see who would take the empty seat. The winner was music star Ritchie Valens. On February 3, 1959, the flight crashed into a field, reportedly due to pilot error and bad weather. This tragedy claimed the lives of Ritchie Valens and several other talented artists.
The coin toss that decided the name of the area Portland, Oregon.
When two New England settlers established a land area called “The Clearing,” both wanted to have the right to name the 260-acre territory according to their preference. After much debate, Asa Lovejoy (from Boston) and Francis Pettygrove (from Portland, Maine) decided to flip a coin to divide the naming rights. This determination was held publicly in Oregon City, and Pettygrove won 2 out of 3 coin tosses. As a result, the land was named Portland and incorporated in 1849. The 1835 minted coin also became known as the Portland Coin and is currently on display at the Oregon Historical Society Museum.
In addition to the two historic coin tosses mentioned, you can also find other notable tosses in history, such as the coin flip that decided who would be the first person in the world to fly Wilbur and Orville Wright’s airplane at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, in 1903. Another significant toss determined the ownership of the horse Secretariat.