Jogo do Bicho

The Jogo do Bicho ( Animal Game port. ) is an illegal lottery game in Brazil.

Origin

Around 1885 around an employee of a zoo of Rio de Janeiro invented a lottery to raise much needed funds. He arranged 25 easy to remember animals of the zoo (more or less) alphabetically and each animal had four consecutive numbers.

The Jogo do Bicho leads the deer (Portuguese veado ) to twenty-fourth place. As the twenty-fourth paragraph of the constitution forbade old Brazilian homosexuality was " veado " until today to colloquial, pejorative term for a male homosexual.

When Jogo do Bicho of the participants is an amount on an animal whose four numbers can occur in one or more contractions of four -digit numbers ( 0000-9999 ). Sometimes there are multiple draws per day or to bet on the results of official lotteries. The payout ranges from low multiples up to 50.000facher payment (for " four out of four correct " in a particular drawing ).

Current situation

Today, the Jogo do Bicho is particularly widespread among the poor, as can be played with any amount and the animals are easy to remember, although the payouts and premiums are complicated calculated and combined. Against the background of the imagery large illiteracy is a major acceptance factor, in contrast to official lotteries in which complex lottery tickets are required. The Jogo do Bicho comes through close contact between players and agents even with verbal agreements.

Contact with the game management is carried out via an agent, cambista (changeover). With the actual game line ( the bicheiro ) has a player due to the illegality of the game no contact. The assumption frequently played number combinations is controlled by the Committee to reduce the bankruptcy risk. Such numbers may be, for example, years or horse numbers.

The Jogo do Bicho and the persons and entities associated with him are in Brazilian society the object of much controversy and of little reputation - bicheiros and pimps are often mentioned in one breath. While many people appreciate the possibility of a lottery for the poor, must be referred to the illegal structures arising regularly to the game.

Organized Crime

Since the Jogo do Bicho enormous quantities of money and are not controlled by the state, are the game and its organizers has always been linked to organized crime. In large cities such as Rio de Janeiro were bicheiros with the game rich and defended their territories partly by force, partly served the game the "established" crime as an additional source of income. In the 1970s bicheiros funded for image reasons often samba schools as Botafogo.

The Jogo do Bicho is now banned throughout Brazil, but is often de facto tolerated ( as in Rio de Janeiro ), since the authorities partly to earn the bicheiros. Performing as well as participation in the game is a punishable offense. Tourists is strongly discouraged from participating, although they rarely come in contact with the game.

Animals and their importance

• 01 Avestruz ( ostrich ) 01-02-03-04
• 02 Águia ( Bald Eagle ) 05-06-07-08
• 03 Burro ( donkey ) 09-10-11-12
• 04 Borboletas ( Butterfly) 13-14-15-16
• 05 Cachorro ( Dog) 17-18-19-20
• 06 Cabra ( goat) 21-22-23-24
• 07 Carneiro (sheep / mutton ) 25-26-27-28
• 08 Camelo ( camel ) 29-30-31-32
• 09 Cobra ( Cobra / Snake ) 33-34-35-36
• 10 Coelho ( rabbit) 37-38-39-40
• 11 Cavalo ( Horse) 41-42-43-44
• 12 Elefante (Elephant) 45-46-47-48
• 13 Galo (Rooster) 49 50 51 52
• 14 Gato ( Cat) 53-54-55-56
• 15 Jacaré (crocodile ) 57-58-59-60
• 16 Leão (Lion) 61-62-63-64
• 17 Macaco ( Monkey ) 65-66-67-68
• 18 Porco ( Pig ) 69-70-71-72
• 19 Pavão ( Peacock ) 73-74-75-76
• 20 Peru ( turkey ) 77-78-79-80
• 21 Touro ( Taurus ) 81-82-83-84
• 22 Tigre ( Tiger) 85-86-87-88
• 23 Urso (Bear) 89-90-91-92
• 24 Veado ( Hirsch) 93-94-95-96
• 25 Vaca ( cow) 97-98-99-00