vigorish

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This built-in profit is the vig, or vigorish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The stake of a free bet isn’t paid out with any winnings, meaning a successful $200 free bet at even odds returns roughly $190, accounting for the sportsbook’s built-in advantage, or vigorish.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022

Businesses might decide to absorb some wage increases and other costs, such as fuel, without passing them all on to consumers and tacking on additional vigorish.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2022

That period was the state government’s 2019 fiscal year, during which its vigorish in the form of gambling tax revenue was a record $1.39 billion.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2019

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 Vigorish by Berryman, John