to "run numbers"

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Long ago, to "run [the] numbers" meant to control or be an employee of an
> illegal "numbers game.".
>

"The boy had *potential*! Could run the numbers, didn't need pad nor prencil!"
-Richard Pryor

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