Eli5: Does a Galton board work if the beads are dropped one at a time?

Question

In a [Galton board](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galton_board), doesn’t the beads hitting each other affect the possibility of one falling left / right?
(i.e) will the results be same even if the beads are dropped one at a time?

If it does affect the outcome, how big of a factor do you think this could be?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Yes. It does still work, as long as you drop every bead from where you want the center to be.