Flamengo watching! The club resolves issues and will have reinforcements on the mantle against Grêmio

After being preventively suspended by the Ministry of Finance, Pixbet Soluções Tecnológicas Ltda. went to court and obtained an injunction that guarantees the right to operate throughout the national territory. This includes Pixbet and FlaBet, sponsors of Flamengo, and Bet da Sorte. The decision was handed down by the 2nd Federal Court of the Federal District this Saturday (12).

THE SUSPENSION

The suspension imposed this Friday (11) by the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance (SPA/MF) was motivated by the delay in the presentation of documents necessary to regularize the betting house . In December, the SPA granted 30 days, extendable for the same period, to companies that had not yet presented some technical certificates.

In the case of Pixbet, four documents were missing: betting system, Sportsbook, remote gaming server (RGS) and Integration. The company claimed in the preliminary injunction request that it delivered the first three on February 28 , while the company claimed in the preliminary injunction request that it delivered the first three on the 2nd, and the remaining certificate was sent on April 10. One day before the SPA published the suspension.

Signed by Judge Anderson Santos da Silva , the injunction from the 2nd Federal Court of the Federal District understands that the company has the right to resume normal activities after the delivery of the certificate, even if this delivery occurred 10 days after the deadline. This is because the ordinance that determined the punishment itself mentions revoking the suspension in case the documents are presented.

"However, it is possible to extract from the text of § 2 of art. 3 of Ordinance SPA/MF No. 2,104 that the suspension of the provisional authorization seeks to prevent the exploration of the fixed-odds lottery betting modality “without the necessary certification”, says an excerpt from the decision, which continues:

"Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that, after the presentation of the certification, even if untimely, legal entities with provisional authorization may resume their economic activity. This same ratio appears to be present in the provision for suspension “of up to ninety days”, which suggests the possibility of the suspension ending after the presentation of all necessary certification."

FLAMENGO WILL KEEP SPONSORSHIP ON THE CLOTHING

The injunction gives Flamengo even more security to continue displaying the brands of betting houses during the game with Grêmio, this Sunday (13), in Porto Alegre. The club had already indicated internally that it intended to continue with the sponsorships normally , based on a decision by the STF that allows advertising by betting houses throughout the country if they are regulated in some state, as is the case of Pixbet with Loterj.

Now, with the bet authorized to operate again, the club does not even need to worry about a possible legal outcome of this decision.