But there’s a lot more that goes into it. It’s an essential part of how any game plays out. One wrong move from a team captain, and that squad could start slow or go into the half without the ball down a few scores. If an official mishears a player? It could throw everything off.

In the last two Super Bowls, the Chiefs won the coin toss and ultimately claimed the championship. In contrast, the previous year, the San Francisco 49ers called tails, but the coin landed heads. However, the year before that, the Chiefs called tails—and got it right.

Prop bets are a fun way to make the Super Bowl a little more interesting. We take a look at the opening coin toss results for Super Bowl 59.

Super Bowl 59 is underway, with the Kansas City Chiefs facing a familiar foe, the Philadelphia Eagles, hoping to win the Lombardi Trophy for a record third year in a row. Here's the latest: ___ The first big penalty of the game went in Kansas City’s favor.

The pre-game coin flip continues to attract more and more action each year and 2025 was no exception. At BetMGM, one bettor put $5,000 on the coin toss to be Tails (-102) and at ESPN Bet, one bettor really put $20,945 on Tails.

The start of the Super Bowl will be determined by the pre-game coin toss. We’ve got the entire history of the event and what it means for prop bet bettors.

The coin toss in NFL games has become an important part of strategy and in the biggest game of the year, it is even more important. let’s take a look

Don't lose your "head" over the Super Bowl coin toss! We'll share the heads or tails result from Super Bowl 59 between the Chiefs and Eagles as soon as the final rotation is complete.

Mass. Gaming Commission voted to allow Super Bowl coin toss prop bets after commissioner Brad Hill's motion on Thursday.

But only one is a true 50-50 bet that no amount of research or analysis can help with since it comes down to sheer luck.