TJ of Paraíba maintains suspension of betting company betting platforms in national territory

TJ of Paraíba maintains suspension of betting company's betting platforms in national territory Joédson Alves/Agência Brasil Judge Adílson Fabrício, of the Court of Justice of Paraíba (TJPB) maintained the suspension of all online betting platforms of the betting company PixBet in national territory, in an appeal analyzed this Thursday (16). The decision maintains the understanding that there are no current mechanisms that prevent minors from accessing websites. On Tuesday (14), in the first instance, judge João Lucas Souto Gil Messias, from the Children and Youth Court of Campina Grande, ordered the betting company PixBet to suspend betting platforms on an injunction basis. ? Click here to follow the g1 PB channel on WhatsApp g1 contacted PixBet, who did not respond until the last update of this report. To appeal the initial decision, the company maintained in the case that it already adopts a facial biometrics system in accordance with federal legislation and the rules of the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance. It also alleged that the first instance decision went beyond legal requirements, invaded the jurisdiction of the federal regulator and was issued by a court without the competence to impose a measure of national scope. On the other hand, the judge who analyzed the company's appeal stated that online betting platforms require a high level of security to prevent access by minors and stated that the simple possibility of failures in the verification mechanisms constitutes a defect in the provision of the service. According to the decision, the existence of technical certifications does not prove the infallibility of the systems used by the platform. The decision also rejected the allegation of incompetence of the Children and Youth Court of Campina Grande to issue a measure with effect throughout the country. The first decision According to the first decision, the suspension should take place within 48 hours under penalty of a daily fine of R$100,000 until the company regularizes the mechanisms for blocking websites for minors. The suspension is valid for the entire national territory and also for platforms that are owned by Pixbet, such as Flabet and Bet da Sorte Among the measures initially imposed by the Court for the regularization and resumption of the platforms are: facial recognition with proof of life for each access and each financial transaction; biometric cross-verification with official databases; automatic blocking of registrations made using minors’ CPF.