But maybe that 3.6% is the "vigorish" -- i.e., the house's take.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the WSJ Opinion Archives] Reference

The interest, or "vigorish," on whatever he'd borrowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

"But you had enough vigorish to catch them," she pointed out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigorish] Reference

Because the vigorish is way, way too high.allangoldstein. com.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

AIG was happy to book these bets, so enticing was the vigorish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Little Words Tell You Civilization Is Collapsing] Reference

Sal's the man to see for a big vigorish loan from the Pension Fund. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Tabloid]

Sportsbooks make money by adding a vig (vigorish) around 4% to the wager.    From Wordnik.com.  [PicksPal Could Disrupt Sports Betting Markets] Reference

Big gambling layouts know within minutes if a table is not making its vigorish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigorish] Reference

And they keep doubling it until their vigorish almost kills the host they feed on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

Once in a while it gives you a little more vigorish than the other guy has, that's all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigorish] Reference

Vig: vigorish the fee paid to a bookie or loan shark usually of a somewhat illegal nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Gender gap widening.] Reference

They set the terms of admission, they say who's in and who's out, and they set the vigorish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

The extra ten percent provides the commission, which is referred to as the juice, vigorish, or vig.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

When the vigorish is too high and greed knows no bounds, the incentives to "go Madoff" are irresistible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

Vig could be short for “vigorish”, the slang for the usurious interests rates charged by loan sharks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Word of the Day: PILECRAP] Reference

Of course, I could have let the table's six per cent vigorish take it away from me, but that would have taken longer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigorish] Reference

I'll be at mass this Sunday, and I admit that as I contemplate my plan to liberate myself from the papal vigorish, I'll twitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michele Somerville: Church Collection: Should Conscientious Catholics Stop Giving?] Reference

But, whatever you call them, you'll find them at the fountains of the Really Big Bucks, taking their cut, getting their vigorish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

They do, but most not often enough to cover the "vigorish.".    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

The aggregation of interest on credit is in misdemeanor of all vigorish laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [All about credit cards] Reference

I’m not going to hold you to the vigorish because you appear to be having some problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Babylon Nights] Reference

The vigorish is too high. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

VG — No vig is short for “vigorish”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Word of the Day: PILECRAP] Reference

Because the vigorish is way, way too high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

M. O'BRIEN: No payola, no vigorish (ph).    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2005] Reference

The problem is that the vigorish is too high.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

So somebody thinks the vigorish is about 30%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

“Interest on the vigorish loan I owed him.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mob and Me] Reference

And what is our vigorish for that vital service?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: The Vigorish is Too High] Reference

That's its vigorish -- its percentage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigorish] Reference

God's vigorish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prospero Without His Magic] Reference

And vigorish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Velociworld] Reference

Every time you place a bet, the house get's "juice", or "vigorish" or just plain "vig".    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference