Vale o Escrito: A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho — Season 1, Episode 1: Miro Garcia e Capitão Guimarães: Os Poderosos Patronos
Documentary • 59 min • 1 season, 7 episodes • ★ 8.6/10
Episode synopsis
Top bicheiros, like Miro Garcia and Capitão Guimarães, make an agreement to divide territories and dominate carnival. But the rise of Miro's son threatens peace in the animal.
About Vale o Escrito: A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho
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.