{"id":777009151,"date":"2023-09-12T08:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009151"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:11:50","slug":"indonesian-minister-denies-proposing-tax-on-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-minister-denies-proposing-tax-on-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian minister denies proposing tax on online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The minister for communications has reiterated that online gambling is ilegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- Budie Arie, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister, has clarified recent reports that suggested he had proposed a tax policy for online gambling. He denied making the proposal and stressed that online gambling remains illegal in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interview with Tempo, Arie insisted that he is not in a position to propose tax policies for online gambling. He attributed the confusion to the media misquoting statements he made in a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I the previous week. He said the discussions at the meeting were focused on addressing the issue of online gambling in Indonesia, not legitimising it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, Arie reported that from July 2018 to August 2023,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-886719-pieces-of-online-gambling-content-blocked-in-five-years\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the ministry blocked 886,719 pieces of online gambling content<\/a>, averaging daily blocks on 1,500-2,000 sites and dozens of applications including apps like Higgs Domino Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The minister for communications has reiterated that online gambling is ilegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777008828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesia's Minister of Communications, Budie Arie, has unequivocally denied proposing a tax policy for online gambling, reaffirming its illegal status within the jurisdiction. This clarification addresses media misinterpretations and underscores the government's continued stringent enforcement against illicit iGaming operations, with nearly 900,000 pieces of content blocked since 2018.","focusai_entities":"Budie Arie, Tempo, House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I, Higgs Domino Island","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Indonesia iGaming Policy","query":"What are the specific implications of Indonesia's reiterated stance on online gambling illegality for regional iGaming operators and B2B suppliers considering market expansion in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"How do the Indonesian Ministry of Communications' extensive content blocking efforts impact the operational viability and market penetration of illicit online gambling platforms targeting the jurisdiction?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777009151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777009151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009158,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009151\/revisions\/777009158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777008828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}