Brazilian court grants CDA Gaming temporary betting injunction

A Brazilian federal court has granted an injunction that lets CDA Gaming Ltda, owner of Betsul and Casa de Apostas, temporarily reopen online betting in Brazil. Provisional Measure No. 1394/2026 can no longer affect the company, in a passage that names Federal Appellate Judge Adriana Pileggi and November 3. The resolution also requires the restoration of its website domains and of the payment, financial and operational services it needs. The terms stay in force until the court has examined the case or reaches another decision.

Pileggi wrote that CDA Gaming had been authorised for sports betting and online gaming under SPA / MF Ordinance No. 255/2025. That licence ran until 31st December 2029. Besides financial and technical investments, the company had to pay BRL 30 million in concession fees. The judge described the sudden withdrawal of the licence as “adverse to the law’s certainty”. Pileggi stated: "The termination of authorizations within such a short period causes enormous harm to licensees and, on the other hand, violates the constitutional principles of legal certainty, reasonableness and proportionality."

The decision also faulted the absence of any scheme to reimburse concession fees or to compensate operators hit by the cancellation of their concessions. Pileggi called this a “veritable confiscation.” The ruling mentioned a daily fine of BRL 200,000 and other punishments in the provisional measure for operators who did not adhere to it. Such factors fed into the court's assessment of the measure's proportionality.

CDA Gaming filed a mandamus writ at the 26th Federal Civil Court in São Paulo against the limitations in Provisional Measure No. 1394/2026. Its initial request was rejected, so it appealed to the TRF-3. In its appeal, the operator said the measure breached legal certainty, legitimate expectations and proportionality. It requested reinstatement of its licence and permission to operate again. The judge granted temporary relief, so CDA Gaming can keep running its operations until the litigation is resolved. The ruling is provisional and is not a final determination on the validity of the government's measure or on the company's broader claims.