Watch tv show "LUCK" for FREE on: alturl.com Luck stars Dustin Hoffman as Chester "Ace" Bernstein. In his late 60s, Bernstein has had a long and apparently profitable career in organized crime, primarily in gambling. He has just served a three-year term in federal prison in California, from which he is released as the series opens. In the pilot episode, Ace's longtime driver and factotum, Gus (Dennis Farina), picks him up at his release. On the drive to Ace's home in Los Angeles, Ace confirms that Gus has become the registered owner of "Pint of Plain," a promising Irish racehorse whose purchase was arranged by business associates of Ace while Ace was in prison. The horse is being trained at LA's Santa Anita Racetrack by Turo Escalante (John Ortiz), a respected trainer whose career Ace has quietly followed for many years. [4] After changing clothes at the luxurious hotel where he lives, Ace visits his former business associate DiRossi (Alan Rosenberg) to discuss a plan to gain control of the racetrack in order to introduce casino gambling there. It soon becomes clear that the real purpose of this plan is to strike back at the people Ace holds responsible for his prison term. These people include DiRossi, Cohen (Ted Levine), a casino executive whose company Ace wants to handle gaming at the track, and Mike (Michael Gambon), Ace's former business partner; it appears that Mike's unauthorized use of Ace's property in New York to stash a large quantity of cocaine is what led to ...