Pixbet wins legal reprieve after being named as one of four suspended operators in Brazil
The SPA’s publication of Normative Ordinance No 787 suspended the licences of Tqj-Par Participacoes Societarias SA, 7MBR Ltda, Caixa Lotteries SA and PixBet Technological Solutions, resulting in them no longer being able to operate in the legal online betting market in Brazil.
According to the ordinance, the four operators failed to comply with Article 3 of Normative Ordinance No 2,104, which relates to the presentation of technical certificates and betting systems to the regulator.
The suspension will last up to 90 days from the ordinance’s publication, with the operators in question banned from offering fixed-odds betting until the certifications are completed and their licences are reinstated.
Normative Ordinance No 787 suspended the companies and brands below:
| Operator | Brand |
| TQJ-PAR PARTICIPACOES SOCIETARIAS SA | BINGO BANK |
| TELE SENA BET | |
| BET DO MILLÃO | |
| 7MBR LTDA | CBET |
| CAIXA LOTTERIES SA | BETCAIXA |
| MEGABET | |
| XBET CAIXA | |
| PIXBET TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS LTDA | PIXBET |
| FLABET | |
| BET DA SORTE |
PixBet licence reinstated by Brazil federal court
In a note shared with Poder360, Pixbet said it received the news of the licence suspension “with surprise”, believing it had presented the necessary certificates and pointing to a potential error in analysis or technical processing as the reason for the revocation.
The news also likely came as a shock to top-flight football club Flamengo, which last week debuted its shirt sponsor FlaBet, a new brand launched in conjunction with the team’s master sponsor PixBet. Only licensed betting companies are able to sponsor sports teams in Brazil.
However, Pixbet’s licence was reinstated later on Friday night after federal court judge Anderson Santos da Silva overturned the effects of the ordinance, following a “writ of mandamus” filed by the company.
The company claimed to have submitted three of the four necessary certification documents in February, with the remaining document, the integration certificate, sent on Thursday (10 April).
Pixbet claimed the ordinance the following day was “illegal and disproportionate” and caused “reputational and economic damages” relating to its BRL470 million master sponsorship of Flamengo.
Da Silva decided Pixbet could “resume their economic activity”, suspending the effects of Normative Ordinance No 787 “until a further court decision”.
The other three operators named in Normative Ordinance No 787 will remain suspended from the legal market until they deliver the remaining certification documents.