Brazil’s only regulated betting site, Casa de Apostas, goes offline after TRF3 suspends CDA Gaming injunction

At 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 9/11, Casa de Apostas went offline after the TRF3 suspended a court order that had briefly let CDA Gaming Ltda. keep operating in Brazil. For PSPs, the important part is not the customer nostalgia but the mechanism: a licensed operator paid R$ 30 million for a federal concession, then lost access anyway because a provisional measure overrode the authorization.

1. The platform was the only regulated betting house operating in Brazil since Medida Provisória nº 1.394/2026 came into force. After the shutdown, BNLData reviewed customer service records opened in the morning after the closure, and the messages were mostly thank-yous, not complaints about losses or frozen balances.
2. Vinicius wrote at 9:06 a.m.: “Deixo minha mensagem de agradecimento e digo que adorei jogar no canal de vocês. Seguimos na luta pela regularização das Bets no Brasil. Um abraço a todos da equipe!” At 10:00 a.m., Elias summed up recreational betting in one line: “Jogo é jogo, vc ganha e perde também, por isso é chamado jogo. Fiquei triste de não conseguir apostar.”
3. At 10:20 a.m., Sara thanked the support team by nickname: “Há, muito obg tá Lari, espero que volte logo”. She also rated the service in the satisfaction survey: “Atendimento muito bom e atendentes super educados, parabéns”. In other words, the issue here was not customer-service failure; it was the regulatory status of the operation itself.
4. Wellington, at 10:37 a.m., framed the frustration around compliance: “Poxa, fico muito triste com o que está acontecendo. A casa de aposta ela é legalizada, tudo certinho, correndo conforme as normas do governo, porém ficar nessa palhaçada…” The company says it paid R$ 30 million for the federal license, valid until 31 December 2029, and complied with Lei 14.790/2023 plus SPA/MF ordinances, yet its authorization was extinguished by provisional measure.
5. There was a short judicial back-and-forth. On 3/11, judge Adriana Pileggi de Soveral of the 3rd Panel of the TRF3 granted CDA Gaming interim appellate relief, suspending the effect of article 4 of the MP for the company. On Friday, 6/11, TRF3 president Johonsom Di Salvo granted the AGU’s request and suspended that injunction, extending to CDA Gaming the effects of the 10 October decision that had already taken Stake offline.

In its message to customers, the company said it would comply with the court decisions and that it “continues to believe in Brazil.” It also said all open bets were being canceled and balances would be refunded in full by 10/11, automatically, to the bank accounts linked to the account.