Vigorish (also known as juice, under-juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge or simply the vig) is the fee charged by a bookmaker (or bookie) for accepting a gambler's wager. In American English, it can also refer to the interest owed a loanshark in consideration for credit. The term came to English usage via Yiddish slang (Yiddish: ΧΧΧΧΧ¨ΧΧ©, romanized:Β vigrish), which was itself a loanword from Ukrainian (Ukrainian: Π²ΠΈΜΠ³ΡΠ°Ρ, romanized:Β vΓ½hraΕ‘, lit.β'winnings, profit') or Russian (Russian: Π²ΡΜΠΈΠ³ΡΡΡ, romanized:Β vΓ½igryΕ‘, lit.β'gain, winnings').As a business practice it is an example of risk management; by doing so bookmakers...