A federal court in São Paulo has granted Stake the right to operate in Brazil until 25 October. Judge Cristiana Farias Rodrigues dos Santos signed the ruling.
Law firm Bichara e Motta filed the case on behalf of Stake, seeking to suspend Provisional Measure 1.394 and allow the platform to continue operating until 31 December 2029, when its licence expires. The court granted partial relief: Stake may accept wagers until 25 October, its site must be unblocked, and authorities are barred from revoking the company's authorisation.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed the provisional measure banning online betting in late September. Two major industry associations have since petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the ban; no decision has been issued.
The judge noted that if authorisation ceased the moment the measure was published, there would be no reason to set a specific end date of 25 October. The administration cannot 'completely shift the moment of termination to a date preceding the term set by the act itself.'
The court imposed twelve conditions: no wagers from individuals restricted by law or social programmes, no betting with funds from social payments, continued player identification mechanisms, no advertising to children or adolescents, no new promotional campaigns or database expansion, withdrawal access for customers, sufficient reserves to cover balances, continued reporting to the regulator, no operation through unauthorised domains, and fraud protection.
Bichara e Motta described the ruling as the first in favour of a betting operator in the dispute over Provisional Measure 1.394/2026. The request to extend operations until the original licence expiry date remains under substantive review.
