Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?

[bbc.reporter]

I will not be happy with this because the odds are even. There will be no winner in this in the long run and it will be stupid to play a game for money without any winner. I will rather watch TV.

[btckold24]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

this although is better odds unless your the one booking the bets is way to boring for me. Part of the reason I gamble is for the excitement of
watching the game

[23dzmaz]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

No, i won't do that. Repeatedly flipping a coin in the same side is really risky on gambling, you can easily get busted if you do that. I always do it randomly so i can't easily get busted.

[raaajlucky]

I will not be happy with this because the odds are even. There will be no winner in this in the long run and it will be stupid to play a game for money without any winner. I will rather watch TV.

Yup, this is a waste of time. The only people those who play just for time pass and also they don't want to lose their money they can try this 50/50. Offcourse I do play gambling just for time pass, but if I follow this method, it will be not fun. So I will not use this method.

[pooya87]

i may be interested to try it out and test some strategies in a real 50/50 chance game but i think it can get real boring real fast, it is similar to dice after all and they are both kind of boring so against an opponent not but against the site with the same odds maybe with auto bet.

[JasonXG]

What's the point of this ? You need to play non stop for hours till the 50/50 comes into play. And playing against an opponent is not a very wise thing to do. At least in my country Serbia where people have even lost their lives in land casinos because of the alcohol and the nerves of the play. They have lost playing poker , when things heated up and the massacre happened. I remember it well and that's why I never put my feet in any land casino here. It's not worth and I prefer to bet from my own dark room without anyone knowing what I am doing. My vote is too to disagree with this and keep playing against the house but know in the long run you can lose because of the tiny house edge.

Umm... What ?? What difference does it make who gets your money ? It is way better to let your opponent have it then give it to an already filthy rich casino.

Oh and OP you dont flip with nopponent you flip against an opponent. Saying with means you on the same side.

[beerlover]

I will not be happy with this because the odds are even. There will be no winner in this in the long run and it will be stupid to play a game for money without any winner. I will rather watch TV.

Actually if you say and actually people believe so then the dice sites would have been clean and no one playing.
The main problem with this idea of coin flipping is that you get bored very soon and on the other hand dice we can change % of winning and hence is not so boring.

[xuan87]

Well not really, i wont be happier but i kind of like this kind of game its like rolling dice game where you bet high or low, but flipping coin has a limitation of bet, you can only bet tail or head, you cant set win percentage like in the dice game and the odds will be 50:50 unless you find a new way of develop the game

[naidray]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

this although is better odds unless your the one booking the bets is way to boring for me. Part of the reason I gamble is for the excitement of
watching the game

Maybe this can be made less boring by introducing some fun games like you play with opponent and just have to win at least 1 time within 4 bets and hence you get 1.25 odds, while opponent gets 4.00 odds, I mean this would be less boring rather than start hating it.

[BTCLovingDude]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

i usually play dice games and also there is always a house edge so if there is a game that i can play against an opponent with no house edge i surely will choose that game.

but also i think the 50/50 chance because of the only two result of the coin flip makes things completely fair to both sides. so yes i like such a game.

[BlueStackz]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

No, i won't do that. Repeatedly flipping a coin in the same side is really risky on gambling, you can easily get busted if you do that. I always do it randomly so i can't easily get busted.

I guess he meant that you will get the freedom of choosing which side you want head or tail but I feel still this would be very boring. Because you have nothing to do rather than just waiting for the flip and then bet again.

[jonatuzc]

I don't understand.  It's obviously no different than rolling dice.  Well, except the tiny house edge.

True but some people think that they cannot loose the toss or coin flip more than 4-5 times in a row and hence they may love the game. My personal opinion is you have to modify this game to get any interest from people. Somehow change the odds and way of playing.

[shanem]

I will not be happy as you are counting on luck to win your bet. I would rather bet on sports gambling where you can use your skill to improve your chance of winning. These type of gambling is like dice gambling which is boring.

[JasonXG]

I will not be happy as you are counting on luck to win your bet. I would rather bet on sports gambling where you can use your skill to improve your chance of winning. These type of gambling is like dice gambling which is boring.

Yes dice is hopeless fpr consistancy. You need something you can get better at and improve gambling like dice there is nothing that can be done to raise your odds but sports betting there is a lot you can do to make a well informed pick.

[minime0105]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

It is always better flipping a coin without house edge, because 1% house edge seems not much but it really affects in the long run.

[toy4lov3rs]

I throw my hat into the yes column, because realistically the fun is in the engagement, risk and potential reward. Flipping a coin with a friend might not be innovative or new, but it still does what it needs to do to keep me entertained and playing.

I think once games get too complicated, that's when they're too annoying to gamble on.

[rickadone]

I will not be happy with this because the odds are even. There will be no winner in this in the long run and it will be stupid to play a game for money without any winner. I will rather watch TV.

Yup, this is a waste of time. The only people those who play just for time pass and also they don't want to lose their money they can try this 50/50. Offcourse I do play gambling just for time pass, but if I follow this method, it will be not fun. So I will not use this method.

Not really, the people who do martingale on dice or anything else are going to love this game because they have got quicker results and no house edge to face with. But I am still not sure if you would be able to sign many members because people are moving towards more mordern games and you are going to ancient times.

[bithasher]

Though I like to play games where results are instant doesn't matter what comes out. I still don't like to flip the coins because I don't see this neither interesting nor working for me, I have more lost in flipping having gambles sometimes in past against friends and on online sites. I would rather choose dice than flipping coin.

[patt0]

Ask yourself this:
Would you be happy repeatedly flipping a coin with an opponent to gamble?
That is exactly 50/50
Would that be better or worse than what you do now?

I don't think that works. People may say whatever they want, but the main reason people gamble, and that is well reported in psychological and sociological studies, is the illusion of controlling an unexpected event, and the pleasure that comes from that. Of course that there are many other variables, but that is base behind gambling success. You go to a casino or talk to a gambler, or even look the the threads on this forum, and you will see people discussing strategies for gambling, when everyone knows but prefer to ignore that there is something called house edge, and you are expected to lose in the long run, and although you can win in the short run because you are lucky, it will definitely not because of your amazing strategy.

So if you put something like the flip of a coin, the margin or illusion is smaller, it will be harder to convince yourself that you have a strategy to win and control the flip of a coin. Although even there you will see people discussing martingale and other betting strategies.

So flipping a coin, playing roulette or craps or dice or whatever, will be the same, but it will feel worse because it's harder to fool yourself on such a simple game.

(I exclude poker and sports betting, because there is strategy involved there, although the base is the same, trying to control the unexpected, but you do have a small chance of doing that, but luck still plays a large role even in these games)

[20kevin20]

I will not be happy with this because the odds are even. There will be no winner in this in the long run and it will be stupid to play a game for money without any winner. I will rather watch TV.

How come is there no winner? You're talking about the possibility of loosing? Think about the dice games. Higher payout, lower chances. Lower payout, higher chances. It's the same 50/50 chance, but the trick is that you can 'choose the payout and chance to win'. There's no such thing. In the long run you'll loose whether it's dice game, coin flip or anything else.