Sports Book Lingo: “Vig”

by Jen Leo on July 14, 2005

by Jen Leo | July 14th, 2005

The “Vig” is what you call the commission that the house takes when you place a bet in the sports book. To bet on an even money proposition you have to “lay” $110 units to make $100. The $10 that you don’t get back is called the vig.

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