The decision, signed on November 8 and published a day later, grants a request filed on November 6 by Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet, who argued that individual rulings for operators such as Stake Brazil and CDA Gaming, which runs Casa de Apostas, Betsul, and Jogo Online, had created legal uncertainty and uneven enforcement, pointing to 13 further cases in São Paulo federal courts. At the same time, industry groups ANJL and IBJR are still waiting on the request to suspend the ban that they filed on September 28.
Luiz Fux, Justice of the Supreme Federal Court, stated:
“There is a risk of legal uncertainty stemming from the possibility of multiple conflicting rulings, compounded by the fact that this involves the potential authorisation of an activity recognised as harmful and of high social risk.”
Because Fux granted the stay alone as an urgent injunction, it must be confirmed by the full court, but no date has been set for the cases to be heard, with Chief Justice Edson Fachin ordering a joint trial of all betting-related cases. The stay also blocks operators’ efforts to recover around R$2.5 billion in license fees, after each paid R$30 million for a five-year license.
In Congress, the measure’s first 60-day term ends on November 23 and will be extended automatically, but it lapses on March 4, 2027, if lawmakers don’t vote on it, and the joint committee required to review it has yet to be formed.
