At the beginning of the game, they ask DeWitt to call a coin flip.

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Efforts to repeal the exemptions in Pennsylvania and Maryland failed when sponsors of major coin shows said they would call them off in the event of a sales tax, since otherwise out-of-state vendors would not attend.

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After each call, Gates is shown checking the coin slot for loose change.

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Desperate for better options, Mitchell, who was in the coin laundry business before he got sick, got his oncologist in Michigan to call Duke University, known for its brain cancer expertise (and, recently, for operating on Senator Edward Kennedy).

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