Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and...

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Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games to trap characters in sudden, brutal stakes. Think No Country for Old Men, where fate spins on a coin toss, stripping control and turning chance into dread