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Definitions
a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
Word origin
From Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).
Used in a sentence
“The house sets vigs on any game they allow you to bet on. It is your responsibility to play only those games where the vig is not prohibitive. Let's take one more look at how vigorish works for the house.”
“The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.”
“They lend you a thousand and call it a bone. It cost a hundred a week vigorish to borrow the bone.”
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