A Supreme Court judge granted KenoGo’s unopposed request for an injunction on 22 October, delaying Australia’s online keno ban while the operator pursues a constitutional challenge. The order allows the country’s three online keno operators to continue trading beyond the planned 1 January start date.
The injunction preserves online keno operators’ ability to trade while the constitutional challenge proceeds.
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Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has resumed a case on whether the 1941 prohibition on operating games of chance remains compatible with the 1988 Constitution. At least 2,728 cases are on hold pending the ruling, which the court will hear alongside challenges involving the country’s betting law; no hearing date has been set.
Justice Luiz Fux stayed cases in ordinary courts across Brazil that challenge the constitutionality of MP 1,394/2026, following a request by the Office of the Prosecutor-General; the Supreme Federal Court’s full bench must confirm the measure. The stay does not expressly revoke existing injunctions, and operators’ ability to remain open depends on the scope and validity of their individual orders, legal experts said.
Cases challenging the constitutionality of MP 1,394/2026, the online betting ban, have been put on hold in ordinary courts nationwide by Justice Luiz Fux at the request of the Office of the Prosecutor-General. The stay is subject to confirmation by the STF’s full bench.
A federal appeals court in Brazil has overturned an injunction that had allowed Stake to keep operating until 25 October despite the nationwide fixed-odds gambling ban. The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region granted the federal government's request to suspend the earlier ruling by São Paulo's 9th Federal Civil Court. The suspension stays in force until the original case concludes or the court decides otherwise.
Luiz Fux is expected to rule on the online betting case at Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court only after the election run-off, journalist Mauro Cezar Pereira reported. Brazilian clubs had been awaiting a decision on the provisional measure that would ban betting companies; some sponsorship agreements remain on hold, he said.
A Massachusetts judge delayed enforcement of a preliminary injunction that would prevent Kalshi from offering sports-event contracts while the state’s case proceeds. Judge Christopher K. Barry-Smith set 4 February for draft orders and said he would consider Kalshi’s request to stay the injunction during an appeal; Attorney General Andrea Campbell said the ruling supported state oversight.