Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, rigged games, and contracts to crank...

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Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, rigged games, and contracts to crank up dread by turning chance into a deadly gamble. In No Country for Old Men, Anton Chigurh’s coin toss isn’t luck — it’s fate with a razor edge