"Pitch and toss"? You've had a bad start in life John. :0)

An old working class gambling game in Scotland.
The owner of the coin nearest to the wall picked up all the coins and "tossed" them designating "heads or "tails". He picked up the coins which landed the right way up and the remainder were "tossed" by the next nearest to the wall in the "pitch", then the next nearest until all the coins were "won".

Played it with half crowns many a time!