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.
Miro Garcia e Capitão Guimarães: Os Poderosos Patronos
Shanna e Tamara Garcia: A Guerra das Gêmeas
Bernardo Bello: Um Forasteiro No Poder
Adriano da Nóbrega: O Sócio Fantasma
Rogério Andrade: Tiro, Porrada e Bomba