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

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Thrillers and horror films use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games to turn chance into chilling suspense. In *No Country for Old Men*, a coin toss decides life or death, making fate feel cold and arbitrary