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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rob Miech

Sports bettor Tom Barton is a dual threat

Tom Barton has fond memories of Las Vegas’ famous Four Corners, from betting to an impromptu drag race. (Rob Miech)

LAS VEGAS — Tom Barton stands at the southwest corner of Tropicana and the Strip. It’s high noon, two weeks ago, but he peers back a couple of decades, to the wee hours of a particular day.

Pedestrians surrounded this intersection, one of the busiest on the planet, and gawked. Outside their rigs, shifted into park, drivers and passengers stood and cheered the unfolding spectacle.

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