vigorish

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Whenever there is loose change or unclaimed dollar bills laying around, mayors can smell them a mile away and if a Sugar Daddy offers free cash, they never stop to question what the vigorish might be.

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  1. noun A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
  2. noun The rate or amount of such a charge.
  3. noun Slang Interest, especially excessive interest, paid to a moneylender.

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  • So, NIH is putting a lot of vigorish out on the street, some of which I may just try to collect, to study what they call Health Literacy, by which they mean "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions." —  Stayin' Alive
  • Whenever there is loose change or unclaimed dollar bills laying around, mayors can smell them a mile away and if a Sugar Daddy offers free cash, they never stop to question what the vigorish might be. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Becoming the house, and thereby reaping the vigorish and house advantage for a highly diverse "portfolio" of bets —  Scrivener's Error
  • A teaser is a form of parlay in which the bettor is permitted to adjust the point spreads in a set of games in his or her favor in exchange for paying a heavier commission, or vigorish. —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • But any time they win by fewer than 7 points but more than 3, you win both bets, and take home $20,000 (less the casino's vigorish) for absolutely no risk. —  Positive Liberty
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  1. Yiddish slang, from Russian vyigrysh, winnings : vy-, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots + igrat', to play.
 

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