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Populix Survey: Online Gambling Exposure Reaches 82% of Indonesian Internet Users

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - For the past six months, around 82 percent of Indonesian internet users have been exposed to online gambling content, a Populix survey found. Out of those, 63 percent see online ads in similar veins every time they surf the internet. "Online gambling ads exposure has grown an unprecedented amount in Indonesia," said Vivi Zabkie,…
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Indonesia blocks access to over 800,000 items of online gambling content

JAKARTA: Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Budi Arie Setiadi stated that his ministry has cut off access to more than 800 thousand items of online gambling content from July to December 2023, reported ANTARA. "This achievement is equivalent to the accumulation of (efforts focused on) online gambling content blocking that had been…
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Kominfo Blocks Over 800,000 Online Gambling Content in July-December 2023

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo Ministry) claimed to have blocked over 800000 online gambling content in less than six months, from July 17 to December 30, 2023. "The achievement is on par with the accumulation of 5 years of online gambling blockage by the government," said Kominfo Minister Budi Arie…
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Access blocked to over 800,000 items of online gambling content

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Budi Arie Setiadi stated that his ministry has cut off access to more than 800 thousand items of online gambling content from July to December 2023."This achievement is equivalent to the accumulation of (efforts focused on) online gambling content blocking that had been carried out…
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Police Claim to Block Over 10,000 Online Gambling Sites Throughout 2023

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo announced that the police have registered 2278 cases related to online gambling throughout 2023. He released the report in the year-end press conference at the police headquarters in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, Dec. 27. He explained that so far this year, the police had…
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OJK Blocks 4,000 Bank Accounts Used for Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) blocked four thousand online gambling accounts in the last three months to protect the public from the economic and social dangers of online gambling. "In the past three months, we have ordered banks to block more than four thousand online gambling accounts," OJK Chief Executive of Banking…
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Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown

Jakarta. The revision of the electronic transaction and information law gives authorities the power to freeze the bank accounts of suspects during the crackdown on online gambling, a minister said on Wednesday. Both the government and the House of Representatives have agreed to include such an authority in the revised law. "The existing law has no…
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Amended Law Allows Gov’t to Freeze Bank Accounts in Online Gambling Crackdown
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Kominfo Vows to Eradicate Online Gambling Before Jokowi's Term Ends

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi said that he is working to completely eradicate online gambling before President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's office term ends in 2024. He also said that the President had instructed him to close down such illegal practices. "We are trying to eradicate…
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No cure for jackpot?: Curbing online gambling a ‘tall order’, players said

JAKARTA - Finding herself stuck in unemployment, 23-year-old Anindya resorted to an online gambling website her friends were talking about. "I was personally just playing around last year," the Jakarta-based private sector employee spoke to The Jakarta Post on Oct. 18. Both Anindya and her friends are only a small demographic of the millions of…
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Ministry involves communities to bolster online gambling eradication

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics is involving communities to bolster government efforts to eradicate online gambling practices.Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi stated that one of the communities that have been actively supporting efforts to eradicate online gambling is the Siberkreasi…
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Indonesian Ministry of Communications finds online gambling servers based in Cambodia, Philippines

Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, stated that servers of rampant online gambling sites in the country are based in Cambodia and the Philippines, where such gambling activities are ilegal. "The servers are located in Cambodia and the Philippines," Budi Arie said in a press conference at the Kominfo…
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Kominfo Finds Online Gambling Servers Based in Cambodia, Philippines

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, stated that servers of rampant online gambling sites in the country are based in Cambodia and the Philippines, where such gambling activities are legal. "The servers are located in Cambodia and the Philippines," Budi Arie said in a press…
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Kominfo Blocks Nearly Half A Million Online Gambling Contents on Various Platforms

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, underlined that the government will continue to take efforts to eradicate online gambling. One of them is blocking access or content related to such illegal activity. "From July 18 to October 18, 2023, we have terminated access to 425506 gambling…
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KPAI urges Kominfo, Police to block online games containing gambling

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's National Child Protection Commission (KPAI) urged the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) and the National Police to block online gaming sites that contain elements of gambling."I believe that the government, in this case Kominfo and Polri, can do that. (These online gaming sites) should have been…
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KPAI urges Kominfo, Police to block online games containing gambling
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Need for joint efforts to shut down online gambling

After learning about online gambling disguised as online games from a work friend in 2020, Ujang (34), has not been able to completely break his addiction to gambling.His mind is preoccupied with online gambling. If he is not busy with work, the father of three children escapes into gambling, which earned him a lot of money in the beginning.In…
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OJK Blocks 1,700 Bank Accounts Linked to Online Gambling

Illustration of Financial Services Authority or OJK. (Tempo/Tony Hartawan) TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Financial Services Authority's (OJK) Chief Executive of Banking Supervision, Dian Ediana Rae, said his side has blocked at least 1700 bank accounts related to online gambling. Dian also said the number is likely to increase. "Banks are now…
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Police Report 77 Online Gambling Cases Throughout 2023

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of the Public Information Bureau of Indonesian National Police Ahmad Ramadhan mentioned that the institution has handled 77 cases of online gambling throughout 2023. "Throughout 2023, the are 77 cases with 130 suspects," he said when met on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. The most recent case of online gambling was reported…
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Bank Indonesia Bans QRIS for Online Gambling Payment

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Recently, there have been reports of online gambling payments using the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS). The Executive Director of Bank Indonesia's Communication Department Erwin Haryono responded to the news. "In general, gambling is an unlawful conduct, Thus, QRIS or any other payment tools are not allowed to…
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Kominfo Minister Budi Arie Denies Proposing Tax on Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo) Budi Arie rebutted the report that he proposed a tax policy on online gambling, asserting that online gambling is an illegal activity. "I'm not the one who proposed it. I'm not in that position. Gambling remains an illegal activity until now," he told Tempo at the…
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Police Arrest 11 People over Online Gambling in Bali

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police's Cybercrime Deputy Director Dani Kustoni said his team apprehended eleven people believed to have been affiliated with an online gambling site ring operating in Bali on September 6, 2023. The arrest was made after conducting profiling and investigation. "We detained 11 people today. One of them is the…
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Psychiatrist Reveals Why People Get Addicted to Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A psychiatrist from the University of Indonesia, Adhi Wibowo Nurhidayat, discloses the reasons why people cannot control their desires or become addicted to online gambling. Adhi says one of them is due to dysregulation in parts of the brain, namely the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the orbitofrontal cortex…
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DPR's YouTube Channel Hacked, Livestreams Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The official YouTube Channel of the House of Representatives (DPR) was allegedly hacked after a sudden livestream of an online gambling slot this morning, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. According to Tempo's search, at 08:30 a.m. today, the profile picture of DPR's YouTube channel had been changed to online gambling and was seen…
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Police to Summon Actress Wulan Guritno over Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Directorate of Cyber Crime at the Indonesian Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) planned to question an actress Wulan Guritno next week over an online gambling case. Wulan reportedly posted a video on her social media promoting online gambling in 2020. "[The summons] is planned for next week," Police Cyber…
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PPATK Reveals Online Gambling Transactions in Indonesia Nearing Rp200T

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) Ivan Yustiavandana said that online gambling transactions in Indonesia almost reached Rp200 trillion. The number is a result of PPATK's detection on online gambling sites. "In total, [PPATK] detected nearly Rp200 trillion of online gambling…
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Indonesia Police: Promoting Online Gambling Punishable by 6 Years Imprisonment

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police Director for Cyber Crime Brigadier General Adi Vivid Agustiadi Bachtiar stressed that people who promote online gambling can be prosecuted under Article 44 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph 2 of the Electronic Information and Transactions or ITE Law which carries a penalty of 6 years in…
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31 Suspects Arrested for Operating Online Gambling Sites

The police arrests 31 individuals suspected of running online gambling sites in Bali. (B1 Photo/Stefani Wijaya) Jakarta. The police recently arrested 31 people for allegedly running online gambling sites in Bali. "They were operating gambling sites such as Hotel Slot 88, Cuan 88, Jaya Slot 28, Oscar 28, Sera 77," Adi Vivid Agustiadi Bachtiar, a…
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31 Suspects Arrested for Operating Online Gambling Sites
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Police Vow Stern Action Against Influencers Promoting Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police's Director for Cyber Crime Brigadier General Adi Vivid Agustiadi Bachtiar asserted that the police would keep monitoring influencers and celebrities who promote online gambling on their social media accounts. He said some of them had been processed by law. "The National Police, which in this case is the cyber…
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Indonesian Police, Communication Ministry Cooperate in Tackling Online Gambling

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) cooperates with the National Police (Polri) for comprehensively tackling online gambling. The ministry's Director General of Public Information and Communication Usman Kansong stated on Saturday, August 26, 2023, that the Kominfo minister will meet with the chief of National…
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Drone Emprit Finds Nearly 4 Million Online Gambling Sites Using Govt Domain

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Founder of big data consulting firm Drone Emprit, Ismail Fahmi, said Indonesia is in an emergency of online gambling after discovering nearly four million gambling sites using the government domain.go.id. He declared this on X (formerly Twitter) on August 22, 2023. "Try searching it yourself on Google: gacor sites.go.id. Civil…
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Man Who Sold BCA Credit Card Data Worked for Online Gambling Company

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Metro Police's Criminal Investigation Unit arrested a man who stole and sold the data of BCA credit card holders on Monday, August 14. The arrest was a follow-up on BCA's report file on July 28. BCA reported a post that MRGP uploaded to brisforum.is, which is a dark web site that trades personal data. According to a…
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Indonesia blocks almost 900,000 online gambling content over five years

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has blocked access to 886719 pieces of online gambling content over a period of five years since July 2018, with an expert noting that regulating rather than banning such sites would be more effective. "On average, we terminate access to 1500 to 2000 sites and dozens of applications daily, including gaming…
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Communication Minister Claims to Block 800 Online Gambling Accounts Every Week

The Minister of Communication and Informatics (Menkominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, gives a press statement regarding the eradication of online gambling sites, at the Ministry of Communication and Information Building, Jakarta, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. In his statement, the Ministry of Communication and Information, from July 2018 to August 2023, has…
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Cash Turnover in Single Online Gambling App Hits Rp27tn: Kominfo

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Minister of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi revealed that the turnover of money in a single online gambling application could reach Rp27 trillion per year. He mentioned an application called Higgs Domino Island, where the money turnover was Rp2.2 trillion or US$150 million. "This means that in one…
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Tourist in Singapore Gets Jail for Cashing Slot Tickets Found on Casino Floor

An Indonesian tourist who found eight slot machine tickets on the floor of a casino in Singapore last March and cashed them in was sentenced to four months in jail for the misappropriation of funds. Silitonga Andri Parulian, a 27-year-old native of Indonesia, was at the Marina Bay Sands Casino when he saw the tickets lying on the floor near the…
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Tourist in Singapore Gets Jail for Cashing Slot Tickets Found on Casino Floor
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Indonesian Ministry Blocks 11,333 Online Gambling Contents This Week

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Communication and Informatics Ministry claimed to have blocked 11333 online gambling content from July 13 to 19, 2023. "Since 2018, the ministry has taken down 846047 online gambling-related content," said the Minister of Communication and Informatics Budie Arie during a press conference in his office in Central Jakarta, on…
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Govt continues crackdown on online gambling content

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi has said that his ministry will continue to crack down on gambling-related content on the Internet.In a press statement issued here on Thursday, Setiadi informed that between 2018 and July 19, 2023, the ministry has taken down 846047 online gambling content."From July…
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Govt continues crackdown on online gambling content
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15 jailed in Medan online gambling case

Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post) Medan ● Wed, April 19, 20232023-04-1911:3005fceed71997e5776a1634d25dc51ca301Archipelagoonline-gambling,Court,crime,prison,Medan,North-SumatraFree Medan District Court in North Sumatra sentenced 15 men to 10 months in jail and fined them Rp 50 million (US$3362) each for their involvement in illegal online gambling…
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Man suspected of controlling illegal online gambling ring to stand trial in Medan

Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post) Medan ● Fri, December 2, 20222022-12-0210:5905aba7b8a7e7e6df2023f04d0fa07d4341ArchipelagoNorth-Sumatra,police,gambling,online-gamblingFree North Sumatra Police will soon hand the dossier of a man accused of controlling an illegal online gambling ring based in the province to the provincial state prosecutors'…
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Investing is gambling in disguise for many Indonesians

Deni Ghifari (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ● Sat, November 26, 2022 The ever-rising number of online investing platforms has some young Indonesians wonder whether they are in fact investing, or rather gambling, given the blurred line between the two. "Capital market players who value investment instruments as gambling opportunities is somewhat…
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Apin BK, Indonesia's North Sumatra illegal gambling kingpin, arrested in Malaysia

JAKARTA, Oct 15 (Bernama): Indonesian fugitive Apin BK, who is allegedly running an illegal online gambling operation in the country, was arrested in Malaysia and brought back to Jakarta on Friday evening (Oct 14). He has been arrested with the close cooperation of the Royal Malaysia Police, according to Indonesia's National Police Chief General…
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Police work with PPATK to hunt down officers allegedly involved in online gambling ring

Betting market: A man poses for a photograph with the logo for online gambling website Bet365 displayed on a smartphone, in London on Dec. 18, 2019. (AFP/Paul Ellis)(AFP/Paul Ellis) Nina A. Loasana (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ● Tue, October 4, 2022 The police have formed a joint investigation team with the Financial Transaction Reports and…
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The State Of Online Gambling In Indonesia

Even though many of the islands, like Bali and Jakarta, are popular tourist spots, the government of the country has taken great measures to ban all forms of gambling. People say that online gambling is growing a lot in the rest of Asia, but Indonesia is going against the trend and pushing hard in the reverse direction. Even though a recent report…
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Indonesian police seize assets in online gambling ring probe

MEDAN (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): North Sumatra Police have confiscated seven buildings owned by a man known as Jhoni, who is wanted for allegedly running an illegal online gambling ring based in the provincial capital of Medan. He is believed to have fled to Singapore. Police spokesperson Sr Comr Hadi Wahyudi said on Tuesday (Sept 20)…
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Police seize assets in online gambling ring probe

Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Medan ● Thu, September 222022 North Sumatra Police have confiscated seven buildings owned by a man known as Jhoni, who is wanted for allegedly running an illegal online gambling ring based in the provincial capital of Medan. He is believed to have fled to Singapore. Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Hadi…
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PPATK: Trillions of Online Gambling Money Flow to Students, Police Accounts

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) on Wednesday announced the finding of large amounts of money flowing to students and police personnel that is believed to come from online gambling, which is said to reach Rp155 trillion. PPATK spokesperson M. Natsir Kongah said investigators have been notified about…
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PPATK: Trillions of Online Gambling Money Flow to Students, Police Accounts
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Police hunt alleged Medan online gambling boss

Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Medan ● Wed, August 312022 Police are still hunting a man suspected of controlling an illegal online gambling ring based in North Sumatra, who is believed to have fled to Singapore. The man, who goes by the name Apin BK, has been on a North Sumatra Police wanted list since Aug. 24. He is registered as a…
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Jakarta Police Uncover 72 Cases of Online Gambling in 4 Days

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Metro Police uncovered 72 online gambling cases in just four days, from August 21 to August 24, 2022. The operation was done under the orders of the National Police chief, Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, to eradicate all forms of gambling, both conventional and online. "We have acted upon the National Police Chief's…
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Indonesian Government “will not give room to existence” of online gambling

A senior official from the Indonesian Government has disclosed that over 500000 online gambling accounts have been shut down over the last four years. Gambling is illegal in Indonesia under Article 303 of the nation's Criminal Code, punishable by up to four years in prison, increasing to six years for repeat offenders. Speaking on a podcast,…
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Ministry continues to eradicate online gambling

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) continues to eradicate sites and accounts related to online gambling on a daily basis."We continue to clean it (objectionable sites and accounts) every day through the surveillance system that exists in Kominfo," Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G. Plate…
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PPATK: Online Gambling Thrives Because Many People Play

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) continues to monitor the fund flow of online gambling in Indonesia. Gambling is completely illegal in the country, but the practice is increasingly widespread among societies due to technological advancements and a considerably high demand. "Online gamblers are very…
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Govt Blocks Online Gambling Platforms, Yet Countless More Reemerge

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Communication and Informatics Ministry on Wednesday claims to have blocked access to at least 410 online gambling contents they discovered across a multitude of digital platforms on a daily basis, Bisnis.com reported. Communication Minister Johnny G. Plate claims the ministry he leads has blocked 552645 online gambling from…
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Bad obsession: Online gambling addicts share stories of lost and pain

Wulan Kusuma Wardhani (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ● Wed, June 82022 While gambling is considered a fun hobby, for some people addiction can affect their health and well-being, and interfere with daily life. Tomos still remembers how he became hooked on online betting. It all began with sports gambling. "I started out betting on soccer and…
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188 Indonesians Exploited by Online Gambling, Casino Businesses in Cambodia

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Foreign Affairs Ministry said that 188 Indonesians were exploited while working for casinos and online gambling companies in Cambodia. The Indonesian citizens were initially persuaded to work in a start-up company as customer service with a large salary. The ministry's Director of Protection for Indonesian Citizens and BHI,…
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Gambling mindset grips many Indonesian investors

JAKARTA, Feb 12 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The recent popularity of binary option trading has seen many unaware Indonesians lose significant amounts of money and led to blurring of the line between investing and gambling. Professional traders warn that similar confusion can also happen with legal financial instruments as novel money-making propositions…
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