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2016 Postmortem

flamingdem

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4. vig - vigorish

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:15 PM

Dec 2016

A new word for me -

Vigorish, or simply the vig, also known as juice, under-juice, the cut or the take, is the amount charged by a bookmaker, or bookie, for taking a bet from a gambler. In the United States, it also means the interest on a shark's loan. The term originates from the Russian word for winnings, выигрыш vyigrysh.

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Deeply in debt to Russia, Donald Trump may have only run for President to avoid bankruptcy [View all] flamingdem Dec 2016 OP

I think that this was to avoid Foreclosure WhiteTara Dec 2016 #1

Well, you put it that way, I would say he passed the interview process swimmingly. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #2

Completely believable... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #3

vig - vigorish flamingdem Dec 2016 #4

Appropriate, eh? Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #5

That was always my strong suspicion. ucrdem Dec 2016 #6