Tom Barton has fond memories of Las Vegas' famous Four Corners, from betting to an impromptu drag race. Rob Miech ...
“He was simply everything to me, and he was ripped away at a very young age,” Junior says of Senior. Barton hands a $25 burger to me, places his $25 burger in front of him. He always bets the picks he doles out to patrons. “A proven winning handicapper, his deep sports IQ is unparalleled and he’s a wonderful family man. He cherished his son and daughter. Junior studied broadcasting (one of his degrees is from Harvard), and he’d work at ABC and ESPN radio studios in New York. It led to his calling, as a professional bettor and handicapping-service purveyor. Senior won the first-place loot four or five times a season. I was searching, but I wasn’t searching because I was a professional. And to watch.” LAS VEGAS — Tom Barton stands at the southwest corner of Tropicana and the Strip. At the green light, they blistered away in a highly illegal but thrilling drag race.