The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region (TRF3) suspended the Stake Brazil injunction on 9 October 2026, ending the operator’s permission to keep running until 25 October. The Attorney General’s Office (AGU) requested the suspension, which leaves Stake under the same betting ban as every other licensed operator.
The ruling came one day after Judge Cristiane Farias Rodrigues dos Santos of the 9th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo granted the injunction on 8 October, according to Metrópoles. That order had also suspended any blocking or redirecting of Stake’s domain and apps.
The TRF3 decision on Stake
Luis Antonio Johonsom Di Salvo, President of the TRF3, signed the suspension. He found that keeping an exceptional authorisation for one company would undermine a uniform national policy and risk “grave lesão à ordem pública administrativa” (serious harm to the administrative public order), CNN Brasil reported.
The decision also cited “desigualdade regulatória” (regulatory inequality) and the risk that similar rulings would weaken the ban and create legal uncertainty. The AGU had argued that a Stake exemption could encourage other operators to seek the same relief. The suspension holds until the original case reaches a final judgment or the TRF3 Presidency rules again.
Stake’s case
In its court filing, Stake said it holds a federal authorisation to offer fixed-odds betting valid until 31 December 2029, according to CNN Brasil. The company said it paid the R$30m licence fee, put R$87.8m into share capital, spent about R$128.2m on investment and costs in Brazil and employs 41 people there.
No public statement from Stake on the TRF3 ruling had been reported at the time of writing.
The ban behind the case
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026, announced on 25 September by Finance Minister Dario Durigan. It banned fixed-odds betting and online casino games with immediate effect. Under the government’s timetable, sites had to let players withdraw balances until 5 October, went offline on 6 October and must refund remaining balances between 9 and 14 October.
The licensed sector has pushed back. The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) estimates the ban has cost 3,500 jobs, as TGE reported from its member survey. The ANJL and the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gambling (IBJR), which represent most authorised operators, argue that the measure breaks the multi-year licensing framework the government set up in 2024.
The ban has also become an election issue, with Flávio Bolsonaro attacking the measure ahead of the presidential run-off.
Next steps
Brazil votes in the presidential run-off on 25 October. A provisional measure has the force of law for 60 days, extendable by another 60, and lapses unless the National Congress converts it into law. The Supreme Federal Court (STF) can also rule on challenges to the measure. More coverage sits in our Secretariat of Prizes and Bets archive.
Source: Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region
