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Draft Lotteries and Rewarding Failure

Pro sports use weighted lotteries for top draft picks — an elegant but imperfect fix to one of competition's strangest incentive problems.

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The Coin Toss in Sports

Every major sport uses a coin toss before the game begins. It seems trivial — but the strategy, psychology, and controversy are anything but.

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