A betting pool, sports lottery, sweep, or office pool if done at work, is a form of gambling, specifically a variant of parimutuel betting influenced by lotteries, where gamblers pay a fixed price into a "pool" (from which taxes and a house "take" or "vig" are removed), and then make a selection on an outcome, usually related to sport, the vig is 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?
Vigorish 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".
Buffalo (game) Buffalo or Buffalo Club is a drinking game where participants must chug their drink if they drink with the wrong hand, usually the player's dominant hand. In some versions, merely "holding" a drink in the right hand is an infraction (Strict Buffalo). Buffalo is commonly understood to continue for the players' entire lives. People who play the game refer to themselves as "Buffalos", and groups of players may refer to themselves as a "Buffalo club", though the game itself is also sometimes called "Buffalo Club".