And, Villars said, whichever company fills that role for you will also be in an increasingly powerful position to " take a little vigorish " when you use its system to, say, book an airline flight or buy a present over the Web _ just as American Express, MasterCard, or Visa takes a small percentage of purchases today.
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By contrast, when using a sportsbook with the odds set at & minus; 110 vs . + 100 ( 10 to 11, 1.9090 . . ) with vigorish factored in, each person would have to risk or " lay " $ 110 to win $ 100 ( the sportsbook collects $ 220 " in the pot " ).
