Brazil's Sports Ministry has voided its decision to dismiss Clarice Viana Binda from the unit that monitors sports betting, while Brazil's prosecutor general has asked the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to suspend court cases challenging the nationwide betting ban.
Order No. 155, dated November 6 and published in the Federal Official Gazette on November 9, nullifies Order No. 154, which was published three days earlier.
The earlier order had removed Binda from her commissioned Coordinator-General role. The reversal gives no reason for the change.
Binda's unit sits within the Sports Ministry's Directorate for Monitoring and Evaluation of Sports Betting. The personnel reversal does not alter the separate legal challenge to Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which prohibits fixed-odds betting across Brazil.
In a petition signed November 6, Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet requested a nationwide stay of proceedings that challenge the measure's constitutionality until the STF reaches a final judgment. The request covers cases in other courts. It does not ask the STF to decide the ban's merits at this stage.
The petition names four direct constitutional actions before Justice Luiz Fux, numbered 8,024, 8,027, 8,028 and 8,035. It cites 13 pending cases in São Paulo federal courts as examples of the disputes. Gonet argues that differing lower-court rulings have created legal uncertainty and unequal application of the measure.
Those rulings include temporary relief granted to Stake Brazil in October and to CDA Gaming in November. Both were subsequently suspended by the president of the Third Regional Federal Court. CDA Gaming's temporary permission had covered Casa de Apostas, Betsul and Jogo Online.
Brazil's Attorney General's Office said on November 6 that the restriction on CDA Gaming would remain until the underlying action is resolved or the court presidency issues another decision.
Gonet's filing has no automatic effect on those proceedings. The STF must decide whether to grant the requested nationwide stay. The court has held a public hearing on the ban but has not resolved the constitutional challenges.
In coverage of Congress's pending review, Global Gaming Insider reported on November 6 that the joint committee examining the provisional measure was awaiting installation, with November 23 listed as the initial deliberation deadline.
The provisional measure also prohibits advertising and intermediation of fixed-odds bets, alongside their operation and sale
