Brazil Court President Suspends CDA Gaming’s Betting Reprieve

Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office announced on November 6, 2026 that Johonsom Di Salvo, president of the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region, had suspended CDA Gaming’s court-granted authorization to operate, ending the November 5, 2026 reprieve from Brazil’s fixed-odds betting ban while the underlying case remains unresolved.

Di Salvo granted the AGU’s appeal against Federal Appellate Judge Adriana Pileggi’s ruling, which had suspended the effects of Provisional Measure 1.394 for CDA Gaming and allowed its three betting businesses to operate. His order suspends that authorization until a final judgment in the original action or a subsequent decision by the court presidency. It also extends to CDA Gaming the effects of the October 10, 2026 decision that prohibited Stake Brasil from operating in Brazil.

The Stake case followed a similar procedural path. A São Paulo federal court had allowed the platform to continue operating provisionally until October 25, 2026. The AGU appealed to the regional court and obtained a ruling that overturned that decision and suspended Stake’s operations in Brazil.

Di Salvo found that maintaining CDA Gaming’s exceptional authorization presented a serious risk to administrative public order, legal certainty and the effectiveness of national betting regulation. He also recognized that the provisional measure serves the public interest and consumer and bettor protection, and that its rules should apply to all operators.

In a translated passage, the decision identified a concrete risk of serious harm to public order: “Maintaining the relief granted introduces a scenario of regulatory instability incompatible with the management of a nationwide public policy, compromising the coherence and effectiveness of administrative action.”

The Supreme Federal Court is separately examining the constitutionality of the new rules in three direct constitutional challenges. Di Salvo considered isolated judicial alterations to the provisional measure’s application inappropriate in that context because they generate regulatory instability.

The Ban And Licence Behind The Dispute

Provisional Measure 1.394, published on September 25, 2026, prohibits the operation, offer, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds lottery betting throughout Brazil, physically or virtually. It also covers offers made from abroad to people located in Brazil and applies to betting on real sporting events and virtual online-gaming events.

The measure provided for existing fixed-odds authorizations to be extinguished 30 days after publication, without reimbursement of the grant payment or government compensation. It barred new authorizations from its publication date and required operators to make betting sites and apps unavailable ten days after publication. Financial and payment institutions cannot process betting transactions except those needed to close operations and return funds to bettors.

CDA Gaming’s original authorization, dated February 7, 2025 and published on February 11, 2025, covered the Casa de Apostas, Bet Sul and Jogo Online brands. It authorized the company to operate virtually in the sports-themed and online-gaming segments together, with stated validity through December 31, 2029.

For Casa de Apostas, Bet Sul and Jogo Online, the practical consequence is that Pileggi’s exception no longer provides a basis to operate while CDA Gaming’s original case remains unresolved. The suspension leaves CDA Gaming subject to the same prohibition already applied to Stake Brasil, with the broader constitutional questions still before the Supreme Federal Court.