His program: legalization of Brazil’s favorite gambling pastime, the jogo do bicho (animal game). Originator of the jogo do bicho was one Baron Drummond, a bluff, bawdy, Brazilian-born ...

Like many Brazilians, whenever she dreamed of a creature, she saw it as a sign to bet on the lottery, known as “jogo do bicho” — or animal game — in Portuguese. “If I dream, I bet ...