Crafted the photo from the first line in the article:
Think of it as “Luck” meets “Minority Report.”
This week, a stodgy old sport gets a shiny new look, with the introduction of new multi-touch gaming tables at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, a Chinese horseracing mecca. Apparently feeling that their sport needed a high-tech makeover, the Jockey Club teamed up with the digital company Possible Worldwide to develop enormous interactive gaming tables that deliver the races squarely into the iPad age.
This week, a stodgy old sport gets a shiny new look, with the introduction of new multi-touch gaming tables at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, a Chinese horseracing mecca. Apparently feeling that their sport needed a high-tech makeover, the Jockey Club teamed up with the digital company Possible Worldwide to develop enormous interactive gaming tables that deliver the races squarely into the iPad age.
"Rough House," that's all I knew him by, was my father's best friend.
They "played the numbers," i.e., an illegal gambling operation in NC run by a gangster called "Po' Charlie" (as label an oxymoron: by far, he was a part of the underground 1%).
They had a simplistic method due them for predictive modeling: "hunches" mostly.
I still recall Rough's phone call to my father (he at first thought I was Pop since we sounded alike):
"Hey, Robert!"
"No Rough House, I'm not my dad.
"Tell Robert t-the number is 543." (Had a slight stutter)
They hit!
I claim no Cassandra powers. Use it at your own risks! 
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