Thrillers and horror use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged...

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Thrillers and horror use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games to turn chance into dread. In No Country for Old Men, a coin toss decides life or death, making fate cruel and unpredictable