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jogo do bicho

English translation: zoological lottery

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Portuguese term or phrase:jogo do bicho
English translation:zoological lottery
Entered by: Jorge Rodrigues

05:44 Nov 7, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: jogo do bicho
Is there a good translation for this kind of illegal game???
Bill77
United States
Local time: 12:13
jogo do bicho (similar to the numbers game)
Explanation:
This term is already in the kudoz glossary.
This is the accepted translation.
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Carla Queiro (X)
Local time: 16:13
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5animal lottery (Brazilian illegal lottery)
Claudio Mazotti
5 +2jogo do bicho (similar to the numbers game)
Carla Queiro (X)
4number racket / number rackets
edupa
3zoological lottery
Jorge Rodrigues


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
zoological lottery


Explanation:
A possibility.

Jorge Rodrigues
Brazil
Local time: 16:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 3
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
animal lottery (Brazilian illegal lottery)


Explanation:
The animal game is jogo do bicho, a billion-dollar Brazilian lottery that is illegal and respectable, clandestine and brazen, joyful and murderous. ...
www.gamblingmagazine.com/articles/40/40-122.htm

His program: legalization of Brazil's favorite gambling pastime, the jogo do bicho (animal game).Originator of the jogo...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776340,00.html

... concerns a phenomenon that would require no introduction in Brazil: the ubiquitous but clandestine lottery called the "jogo do bicho," or "animal game. ...
www.web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/bildn/events/2003.09.23.shtml

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marina hennies
1 hr
  -> tks a lot!!!
agree  Carlo Beschi
2 hrs
  -> tks a lot!!!
agree  R. Alex Jenkins: This is what it is.
2 hrs
  -> tks a lot!!!
agree  rhandler: This question has been asked before. People sould search in the glossaries, before asking. See http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1474170 just three months ago.
2 hrs
  -> sure, and tks
agree  Fernando Domeniconi
3 hrs
  -> tks a lot!!!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
jogo do bicho (similar to the numbers game)


Explanation:
This term is already in the kudoz glossary.
This is the accepted translation.

Carla Queiro (X)
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler: This question has been asked before. People sould search in the glossaries, before asking. See http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1474170 just three months ago.
1 hr
  -> Yes I remember and I agree, but, Thanks anyway!
agree  airmailrpl: numbers
13 hrs
  -> Thankyou!
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
number racket / number rackets


Explanation:
just an idea, it possibly adds a certain hue of illegality to the translation -- which is the case with JOGO DO BICHO

edupa
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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