Brazil closes the door to judicial gambling: Supreme Court paralyzes appeals that allowed platforms to reopen
Magistrate Luiz Fux has ordered the suspension of judicial proceedings against the ban on betting in Brazil, after several companies obtained provisional authorizations to resume their activity.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has taken a new step in the legal conflict over the prohibition of fixed-odds betting. Magistrate Luiz Fux, in charge of appeals against the Lula government's measure, has ordered the suspension of all proceedings of the lower courts that question its constitutionality.
The resolution, signed on November 8, responds to a request by the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, filed on November 6 in the face of the proliferation of judicial decisions that were allowing certain platforms to operate again.
Among the companies that had gone to court was Stake Brazil, which obtained a temporary authorization in October. More recently, on November 3, a ruling by the Federal Regional Court of the Third Region allowed the provisional resumption of operations of Casa de Apostas, Betsul and Jogo Online, belonging to the CDA Gaming group. The latter authorization was later revoked at the request of the Attorney General's Office of the Union.
Fux considers that the coexistence of contradictory resolutions generates legal uncertainty and warns of the risk of allowing again an activity that he describes as harmful and of high social risk.
The ban remains in force, but the Supreme Court has not yet decided whether it is constitutional. Fux's resolution is precautionary, has been adopted individually and must be submitted to the Plenary.
The magistrate had already expressed during the public hearing on November 3 his position in favor of the prohibition of betting. Representatives of the Government, football clubs and business associations participated in that session and exposed the economic and social consequences of the measure.
Meanwhile, Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, approved on September 25, has entered a parliamentary emergency regime on November 9. Congress has set November 23 as the deadline for the current deliberation period.
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