Every year when the Super Bowl matchup is set, we like to chase a season’s worth of gambling losses with a multitude of whacky, longshot prop bets. Given how I’ve allocated my non-retirement money over the last couple of years, betting on the Super Bowl coin toss is just about as good an investment as I can make as I return to my speculative shenanigans.

Super Bowl Coin Toss All-Time Results

In the past, I dabbled in the Super Bowl prop betting market by focusing on some finance-related wagers that look more ridiculous with each passing day. In 2022, the Super Bowl was rife with crypto and NFT ads and regrettable celebrity endorsements. Coinbase used their precious ad time to do nothing but display a QR code for 10 seconds, promising a chance at free Bitcoin, and one can only assume that FTX used user funds from their now-unraveled pyramid scheme to pay for their airtime. It was a wild scene.

Let’s shift our focus to the granddaddy of all Super Bowl prop bets: the coin toss. You have to respect the true degenerates willing to make or break their Super Bowl Sunday before the game even kicks off. While the commemorative coin being flipped isn’t exactly legal tender, the Super Bowl coin toss serves as an annual reminder to check the balance of that forgotten spare change jar in your garage–and in turn use it to get it on the flipping action. To help you make heads or tails of your betting decision, you can see the results of all previous Super Bowl coin flips here:

Betting on the Super Bowl Coin Toss

Is betting on the Super Bowl coin toss a sound financial decision? Of course not! But it’s a good reminder that it’s OK to have a little fun with your money once in a while. Since picking the coin flip is a true 50/50 proposition, unlike the falsely advertised 50/50 raffle inside the stadium, you’re just as likely to guess correctly on the action before the game as you are on the actual game itself. As they say, 50% of the time, it works every time.

There are two sides to every coin. Pick a side, have some fun, and let rampant speculation rue the day once again.