The very local poplar jogo do bicho in Rio de Janeiro receives not only bets made in tens, hundreds, thousands or in groups ranging from 1 to 25. To attract new gamblers and to dodge the aging and death of their former clients, operators are betting on zebra and football. Inspired by the Sports Lottery, of the Caixa Econômica Federal, they created two types of a lottery similar to the jogo do bicho.
Prizes vary according to the betting odds. One of the new modes is known in the world of contravention by nicknames of ball show or accumulated football. In this case, the bettor chooses a number of games that will happen on the scheduled day. Guesses are recorded on a machine, similar to those used to pay for credit and debit card charges. Then they issue a voucher with the games and their chosen results.
If all the games are hit -which includes the choice of column 1 for the victory of the local team, column 2 for the visitor, and middle column for the tie-, the bettor will be eligible to receive the prize. On Tuesday, for example, among the available games to choose were Universidad de Chile and Vasco da Gama, a match of the Libertadores Cup, and Fortaleza and Criciúma, for series B of Brasileirão championship.
The second mode is known as Caravela soccer ball. In this game, players must choose column 1 options for home team win, middle column for draw and column 2 for the visitant team's victory. All matches refer to the ten games scheduled for each round of the Brazilian Serie A Championship.
In addition to the names of the teams, a kind of steering wheel also brings the shield of each team. After choosing the guess, the bets are made on a bead, whose copy stays with the bettor, as it happens in the traditional jogo do bicho.
The introduction of betting on soccer match results is not the bankers' first attempt to attract gamblers and modernize gambling. A few years ago, they started to use machines to register bets.
Although gambling is a contravention prohibited by law, sites also receive online gambling and disclose the results of all extractions.
The Civil Police did not give details on whether or not it knew the new business of the contravention, but issued a note saying that the Civil Police Corregedoria informs that there are investigations in progress on the exploration of the jogo do bicho and other illegal games.
Source: GMB / O Globo
