An endless stroll through São Paulo revealed a startup-looking betting “app”: complete, polished, integrated with Pix and so convincing it almost looks cool
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As a resident of São Paulo who does not own my own car, I often use the “public transportation” combo whenever possible. + car by app”. And on these trips, a lot happens. I have been in a car where the gas ran out in the middle of Marginal Pinheiros, I helped change a tire in the rain on a road in Cotia, I shared the ride with the driver’s daughter who was taking him to school and, most recently, I heard a question I never imagined I would hear in a car by app: “Would you mind if I threw it on the animal now?
It was one of the busiest days of the year (so far), and I spent over an hour taking a trip that would have taken much less time to an imaginary São Paulo. So I discussed several things with the driver (whose name I will of course not reveal). However, at one point, while we were near the Cidade Universitária, the driver turned around and asked me this question. I didn’t understand anything and asked “but are there any stalls nearby? Do you want to go?” and that’s when I discovered that I was, in some way, in the past. He showed me a gaming app.
He saw my surprised look and began to explain to me from the beginning, with the rules that I had been trying to understand since I was little, when my grandmother explained to me why she bet on a certain number after dreaming of an animal. Afterwards, he explained to me that it wasn’t exactly an application (after all, playing games is not legal), but a web page, which becomes a very…
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