Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette wheels, and rigged games to...

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Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette wheels, and rigged games to tighten suspense and put fate on a razor’s edge. In No Country for Old Men, a coin toss decides life or death, turning randomness into terror