Brazil's licensed betting market has closed again after a court suspended the only injunction that had allowed betting to resume under the ban. No licensed sportsbook is now legally taking bets in Brazil, pending a Supreme Court decision or action by Congress.

The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region, known as TRF3, suspended CDA Gaming's injunction on 6 November. The company's three brands — Casa de Apostas, Betsul and Jogo Online — had been cleared to return days earlier, after a judge ruled the sudden end of their authorisations breached legal certainty. Only Casa de Apostas had resumed trading, from 5 November.

Why the reprieve was withdrawn

TRF3 president Judge Luis Antonio Johonsom Di Salvo extended to CDA Gaming a suspension previously applied to the operator Stake, citing a concrete risk of serious harm to public order arising from regulatory instability. He did not rule on the merits. CDA has five days to file an internal appeal, which does not suspend the order.

Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet then asked Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux to freeze every lower-court challenge to the measure nationwide until the Supreme Court rules. At the time the request was reported, Fux had not yet ruled on it.

What happens next

Provisional Measure 1.394 banned online betting and casino games from 25 September, and federal authorisations ended on 25 October. Nineteen suits challenge the ban, and none now has an injunction in force. The Supreme Court has grouped several betting cases into a joint judgment, and heard a public hearing on the challenge on 3 November without granting an injunction.

Congress has yet to install the joint committee that must consider the measure. Its first 60-day period ends on 23 November, and it would lapse on 4 March 2027 if Congress does not vote on it.