Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho
Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho

Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho

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2023• min/ep•Documentary
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The "jogo do bicho" (an illegal lottery of numbers) in Rio de Janeiro is controlled by families whose leaders are also patrons of samba schools. Two of these families are experiencing bloody wars of succession.

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