A court in Brazil's state of Paraíba has ordered betting operator Pixbet to suspend all of its online gambling platforms nationwide.
The decision came after the court found that the company's current age verification measures do not adequately prevent minors from accessing its services.
The preliminary injunction gives the operator 48 hours to comply or face daily fines of BR100,000 ($19,665) until the identified shortcomings are addressed.
The ruling applies across Brazil and also covers Pixbet-owned brands Flabet and Bet da Sorte.
To resume operations, the court ordered the company to implement a series of enhanced safeguards, including facial recognition with liveness detection for every login and financial transaction, biometric verification against official Government databases and the automatic blocking of registrations using the tax identification numbers (CPFs) of minors.
Beyond the age verification concerns, the court also criticized elements of the operator's products and marketing that it said could appeal to children and teenagers.
The ruling specifically referenced online casino games, visual features and advertising linked to football as factors that conflict with Brazil's constitutional protections for minors.
The judge based the decision on Brazil's Constitution, the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA), the country's Digital ECA legislation and the Betting Law. He also ruled that the injunction should apply nationwide, arguing that the internet-based nature of betting platforms makes it impractical to limit the effects of the decision to a single state.
Recently, Brazil's Ministry of Justice notified Apple and Google after identifying betting apps in their stores that lacked effective age verification mechanisms to prevent access by users under 18.
Pixbet had not publicly responded to the decision at the time of publication.
Brazil's Digital ECA came into effect on 17 March 2026, establishing a new legal framework for protecting minors under 18 in the online environment
