TRF‑3 President Suspends Order That Let Three CDA Gaming Bets Resume

Overview

• On Friday the president of the Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região, Johonsom Di Salvo, stayed a liminar by Judge Adriana Pileggi that had briefly allowed Casa de Apostas, Betsul and Jogo Online to restart operations.
• Pileggi's earlier order, signed in early November, had exempted those three CDA Gaming platforms from MP 1.394/2026 after finding that the company paid R$30 million for an outorga and that an immediate extinction of licenses without compensation could amount to a "confisco."
• The Advocacia‑Geral da União filed an appeal against Pileggi's liminar and obtained the suspension from the TRF‑3 presidency, which restores the MP's effects for the three platforms while the lower‑court action proceeds.
• MP 1.394/2026, signed by President Lula in late September, bans quota‑fixed bets and online casinos, extinguishes previously granted outorgas without mandatory refund or indemnity, and is now being litigated at the Supreme Court and reviewed by Congress.
• The sequence of reversible interim rulings keeps operators, users and regulators in limbo: companies face potential loss of large upfront fees, bettors risk access and fund retrieval problems, and tax and regulatory revenues from the 2018–2023 regime remain uncertain.