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The_camperdave t1_j6c4aao wrote

Reply to comment by the_lusankya in ELI5: Why do imaginary numbers even need to exist? by Tharsis101

> You can owe the mob 5 sheep. Which means that if you want to have 2 sheep, you'd better buy 2 sheep so you can pay your debts before you start farming wool.

Your math is wrong. If you owe the mob 5 sheep and you want to have two sheep, you're going to need to buy 8 sheep (5 for the mob, 1 for the "big" and 2 for you).

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Fred2718 t1_j6c74sc wrote

Big? You mean vig?

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The_camperdave t1_j6f464q wrote

> Big? You mean vig?

"Vigorish (also known as juice, under-juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge or simply the vig)..."

I guess I do. I must have mis-heard it.

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