ノミ行こう為い

noun

bookmaking; bucketing

Illegal gambling practice where a bookmaker or broker takes the opposite side of a customer's bet or order without actually executing it on an exchange. ノミ is a metaphor from a flea sucking blood, implying the operator 'sucks' the customer's money.

• ノミ行こう為いは法ほう律りつで禁きん止しされている。

  Bookmaking is prohibited by law.

• その証しょう券けん会がい社しゃはノミ行こう為いで摘てき発はつされた。

  That brokerage was busted for bucketing.