Casa de Apostas Reopens in Brazil After TRF3 Grants Interim Relief

CDA Gaming’s Casa de Apostas brand is back online in Brazil after the Regional Federal Court of the 3rd Region (TRF3) granted interim appellate relief on November 3. For high-risk operators and PSPs, the point is simple: Brazil’s iGaming rollback is not yet a closed case, and court decisions are already creating uneven rules of the road.

1. TRF3, which covers São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, ruled that CDA Gaming can resume the gaming services offered by its Casa de Apostas and Betsul brands. Casa de Apostas has already returned online, while sports betting services and the Betsul brand have not resumed operations yet.
2. The court granted relief after CDA Gaming argued that it had invested significant sums to secure a license and build out its platforms. The judge rejected the view that keeping the site closed served the public interest, saying that same argument could have been made when the license was granted two years ago.
3. The ruling also pointed to the lack of urgency behind the ban, the refusal to refund operators’ license fees, and the daily fines introduced by MPs as reasons to allow temporary relief. The judge said Brazil’s sudden iGaming U-turn clashes with basic constitutional principles, including legal certainty and proportionality.
4. For operators, the decision matters because it may set a precedent for other brands seeking to return online. Stake previously obtained similar relief, but that decision was quickly overturned by the government, so the legal path is still messy rather than settled.
5. The current relief still needs confirmation from the full 3rd Panel and could face further challenges. Even so, it appears to rest on firmer legal ground than the earlier Stake ruling, because it directly questions the constitutionality of the provisional measure that banned iGaming.

Brazil remains the jurisdiction to watch here: companies had to pay millions for licenses and then spend more to launch operations, so any reversal, suspension, or refund dispute quickly becomes a balance-sheet issue, not just a regulatory headline. Operators, including Kambi, have said they remain open to resuming operations if the situation changes.