Laws of Chance - Brazils Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life

Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today.

List of contents

Illustrations ix

Tables xi

About the Series xiii

Acknowledgments xv

A Note on Brazilian Currency and Orthography xix

Introduction 1

1. Origins of the Jogo do Bicho 27

2. The Rules of the Game 69

3. An Underworld of Goods 101

4. Playing with Money in Republican Rio de Janeiro 141

5. Lives of the Players 165

6. Vale o Escrito 205

Epilogue 253

Notes 269

Glossary of Portuguese Terms 313

Bibliography 315

Index 339

About the author

Amy Chazkel is Associate Professor of History, City University of New York, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Summary

Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Chazkel
• Assisted by: Daniel J. Walkowitz (Editor), Barbara Weinstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2011
• EAN: 9780822349730
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4973-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Radical Perspectives; Radical Perspectives
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous