TRF3 president Luis Antonio Johonsom di Salvo suspended the injunction that had allowed CDA Gaming to resume fixed-odds betting in Brazil on 6 November. The ruling followed a federal government request and leaves no federally regulated betting operator active in the country, the source reports.
The suspension removes the remaining operator’s court-ordered ability to offer regulated betting in Brazil.
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Brazil’s regulated betting market suspended operations from midnight on 6 October under Provisional Measure 1,394, according to the report. Legal advisers expect licensed operators to seek compensation if their authorisations are cancelled or they remain unable to operate; the measure may lapse if Congress does not review it within 60 days, taking the parliamentary recess into account.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court justice Nunes Marques issued an interim order suspending municipal laws and activities relating to lotteries and sports betting, following a challenge by the Solidarity Party. The order sets daily fines of BRL500,000 for municipalities and companies providing betting and BRL50,000 for mayors and accredited-company presidents who continue lottery operations. The full court is due to review the order.
Stake's lawyers will pursue further legal action after a Brazilian court overturned an injunction that had temporarily protected the operator from a betting ban, Udo Seckelmann of Bichara e Motta Advogados told iGaming Business. Judge Luis Antonio Johonsom di Salvo, president of the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region, suspended the injunction the day after it was granted. Seckelmann said two possible strategies are being assessed.
A TRF3 president’s decision to suspend the injunction allowing CDA Gaming to operate is due to take effect when the company is notified on Monday 9 November, the columnist wrote. The column says Casa de Apostas, described as the country’s only regulated betting operator still operating, will then go offline and return customers’ balances to their deposit accounts; the court decision also concerns the company’s authorisation.
Casa de Apostas is expected to go offline at 9am on 9 November when it is notified of a TRF3 decision suspending CDA Gaming's injunction, an opinion column on a Brazilian betting industry site said. The columnist said customer balances would be returned by that time to the accounts from which deposits were made.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court justice Luiz Fux has halted lower-court proceedings challenging President Lula’s provisional measure banning online betting while the court considers its constitutionality. The interim decision followed a request from Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet and aims to prevent conflicting rulings; Congress is separately reviewing the measure.
Proceedings around President Lula da Silva’s federal online betting ban have been suspended by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) pending a ruling on the measure’s constitutionality. Justice Luiz Fux granted an appeal by Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who wants to end rulings permitting certain firms to keep offering online betting.