TRF3 president suspends CDA Gaming's licence restoration

Last updated: 8 Nov 2026, 08:00 CET

**The interim court order that brought CDA Gaming back into Brazil's regulated betting market has been suspended. On 6 November, the president of the Regional Federal Court of the 3rd Region (TRF3), Judge Luís Antônio Johonsom Di Salvo, suspended the effects of the relief that had provisionally restored the company's federal authorisation. The suspension lasts until the underlying case reaches *trânsito em julgado*, a final judgment that can no longer be appealed, or until a later decision by the TRF3 presidency.**

CDA Gaming runs the Casa de Apostas and Betsul brands, according to Folha de S.Paulo and CNN Brasil. Its authorisation, granted under Portaria SPA/MF nº 255/2025, had been extinguished by provisional measure (MP) 1.394/2026. Judge Adriana Pileggi then granted CDA Gaming interim appellate relief in Agravo de Instrumento nº 5034200-15.2026.4.03.0000. According to the presidency decision, that relief set aside, for CDA Gaming only, the extinguishing effect of article 4 of the MP, provisionally restored the authorisation, and set aside the restrictions in article 7 and the effects of Ofício nº 1256/2026 from the justice ministry's digital rights secretariat as far as needed to comply.

How the suspension works

The order was not a new case. The federal government (União) asked the president to extend an earlier decision in the suspension file opened against Stake's injunction, Suspensão de Liminar e de Sentença nº 5032238-54.2026.4.03.0000, to the CDA Gaming relief. Di Salvo granted the request on 6 November, citing the "objective identity" of the two situations under article 4, § 8 of Law 8.437/1992.

On jurisdiction, Di Salvo wrote that Pileggi's order was a single-judge decision still open to an internal appeal, and that its merits had not gone to the court's 3rd Panel. That, he reasoned, left the president competent to act.

The president did not rule on whether Pileggi was right. He wrote that a suspension request is not the place to re-examine the legal merits. His grounds were public interest and public order: the policy behind MP 1.394 protects consumers and bettors and "demands uniform observance", and keeping the relief in place "introduces a scenario of normative instability incompatible with the management of a national public policy", with a potential multiplier effect. He added that the betting question under the MP is before the Supreme Federal Court (STF), so it is inconvenient for lower courts to anticipate its view. The Attorney General's Office (AGU), which brought the request, identifies the STF cases as ADIs 8024, 8027 and 8028.

What changed, and what did not

The practical effect is that CDA Gaming is back under the MP's restrictions while its case continues. The AGU says the decision keeps CDA Gaming barred from operating. Neither the decision nor the AGU announcement says anything about customer balances, open bets or withdrawals.

The AGU says Pileggi's order had authorised "the three betting houses of CDA Gaming" without naming them; the presidency decision names only the company, CDA GAMING LTDA.

For background, see how the restoration came about, the earlier suspension of Stake's injunction and the STF hearing that ended without a decision.

Updates

• 8 Nov 2026: first published.