BPX Group obtains court ruling to be included on the Ministry of Finance's list.

Federal Judge Pablo Zuniga Dourado of the Regional Federal Court of the 1st Region granted an injunction to BPX Bets Sports Group Ltda against the Federal Government, represented by the Attorney General's Office – AGU, which ordered the inclusion of the sports betting and online gaming brands Vaidebet, Obabet, and Betpix365 on the list of operators authorized to operate fixed-odds betting nationwide during the adaptation period of the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets of the Ministry of Finance – SPA/MF.

In the lawsuit that began in October 2024 in the 9th Federal Civil Court of the SJDF, the Union argued that the decision not to include BPX Bets Sports Group in the list of companies authorized to operate during the adaptation period by the SPA/MF was well-founded and argued that the exclusion of the company aimed to preserve the public interest and administrative morality, considering criminal suspicions about the majority shareholder.

In January of this year, Federal Judge Joao Moreira Pessoa de Azambuja partially granted the request for preliminary injunction, ordering the Union to include the trademarks www.vaidebet.com , www.betpix365.com and www.obabet.com in the list of operators authorized to operate during the adaptation period, provided that the only obstacle is the police investigation in which the majority shareholder of the appellant, José André da Rocha Neto, was under investigation.

Since the decision was not complied with, BPX Bets Sports Group filed an appeal alleging non-compliance with the court order, which mandated that the Union include the brands in the list of operators authorized to operate during the adaptation period. Judge Pablo Zuniga Dourado set a 48-hour deadline for the Union to prove compliance with the decision. The Union, represented by the Attorney General's Office (AGU), then filed an interlocutory petition requesting a 15-day extension, arguing the need for internal processing of the claim.

The Union then based its request on the need for internal processing to obtain documents. “However, this argument is unsustainable, as no specific or unforeseen obstacles have been demonstrated that would prevent compliance within the established timeframe. Furthermore, this is an essential act for the fulfillment of a decision that seeks to preserve the business activity of the appellant, avoiding irreparable harm,” noted the federal judge.

Pablo Zuniga Dourado rejected the Union's request for an extension of time and ordered the Union to comply with the urgent injunction, which mandates that "the Union include the trademarks www.vaidebet.com , www.betpix365.com , and www.obabet.com in the list of operators authorized to operate during the adaptation period, as stipulated in Article 24 of SPA/MF Ordinance No. 827/2024," under penalty of a daily fine of R$ 1.000,00, starting from the date of notification of this decision.

“We complied with all regulatory procedures, respecting the deadlines and requests of the Prizes and Betting Secretariat, and now we celebrate the decision of the Federal Court of the 1st Region that allows the BPX brands to be listed as authorized before the Ministry of Finance. We thank the TRF 1 and now await the updated list and instructions for migrating our websites,” stated Daniel Sitônio, legal director of BPX.