Hi, i born and live in Rio de Janeiro(around 6mi habitants), and also spent few years living in Sao Paulo and other cities.
There are no casino in Brazil, but there are clubs where u can play nl holdem cash games from 1/2 to 5/10 and i believe 10/20 (Currency: Real). In this clubs u will also find tournaments, and 3 times a year bigs tournament on Hotels (Two Brazilian Series of Poker -BSOP- and one Latin America Poker Tour-LAPT-)
The minimum income here is around 500 Reais (1 USD around 1,9 - 2,0 Reais).
The cost os living is expensive compared to south america.. and here are two sites where u can have an idea of cost of living:
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http://www.tefl.com/home/col_survey....81f3d&ci_id=14
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http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living..._countries.jsp
The best places to live are: Ipanema and Leblon; no matter where you live in these neighborhoods, u r not more then 5min walking from the beach, or anything that you may need on day-by-day.
Its never cold (even during the winter)
Curiosities: Rio de Janeiro...
+ will host 2014 World Cup
+ will host 2016 Olympic Games
+ is known as Wonderfull city
+ is considered the most happy city in the world (according to forbes)
+ has one of the seven modern wonders (Christ Redeemer)
+ has the biggest party in the world (carnaval)
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Anything else, just ask. And sorry about my english.