Sentence examples for vigorish from inspiring English sources

When using the American-style wheel with the 0 and 00, the advantage ("vigorish") for the bank rises to an extra 2 parts in 38, or about 5.26 percent of all bets.

Depending on the bet, the house advantage ("vigorish") for roulette in American casinos varies from about 5.26 to 7.89 percent, and in European casinos it varies from 1.35 to 2.7 percent.

(Casinos and legal bookmakers earn their money on the ten-per-cent fee for placing bets, known as the vigorish, or vig).

That slim advantage, which is known as the vigorish, or the vig, is all the bookie has going for him..

Butera, who has an M.B.A. from N.Y.U., invoked a gambling term — "vig," short for "vigorish," meaning the house's cut of the action.

Vig, or vigorish, is a gambling term, meaning the money a bookmaker collects on every bet taken, regardless of the outcome — a kind of dependable handling fee.

He added: "Being 'saved' by Steve Jobs is no picnic because the vigorish is so costly".

But the House Republicans will be happy to agree, as long as Democrats agree to a vigorish of $2 billion a week in cuts to vital government programs.

Katz said, "Vig, vig, vigorish".

That slim advantage, which is known as the vigorish, or the vig, is all the bookie has going for him...

"They were told that we didn't have a right to seize, that we were taking a form of government vigorish".