{"id":777009837,"date":"2023-10-03T07:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009837"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:33:08","slug":"indonesia-police-addressed-77-cases-of-online-gambling-so-far-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-police-addressed-77-cases-of-online-gambling-so-far-this-year","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia: police addressed 77 cases of online gambling so far this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The cases have involved 130 suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- Ahmad Ramadhan<\/strong>, the head of the Public Information Bureau of the Indonesian National Police, has reported that the institution has dealt with 77 cases of online gambling involving 130 suspects so far this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent instances occurred in September, with\u00a042 suspects identified in two cases<\/strong>. The Directorate of Cyber, with assistance from the Bali regional police,\u00a0arrested 31 suspects at the start of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramadhan told Tempo that illicit online gambling syndicates had promoted their activities through websites, such as Hotel Slot 88, Auto Cuan 88, Jaya Slot 28, Oscar 28, and Sera 77, social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and Suara Indonesia. Some employed fake accounts to lure people into gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national police have collaborated with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to target online gambling websites.\u00a0Ramadhan said police are focusing on identifying and pursuing the people behind the operations, including coordinators and marketing employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Budie Arie, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister reported that from July 2018 to August 2023,\u00a0the ministry blocked 886,719 pieces of online gambling content<\/a>, averaging daily blocks on 1,500-2,000 sites and dozens of applications like Higgs Domino Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The cases have involved 130 suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesian authorities, led by the National Police and Ministry of Communication and Informatics, have intensified their crackdown on illicit online gambling. This year, 77 cases involving 130 suspects have been addressed, with a recent focus on identifying operational coordinators and marketing personnel. The Ministry has also blocked nearly 900,000 pieces of online gambling content since 2018, underscoring a robust regulatory enforcement posture against unauthorized iGaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Ahmad Ramadhan, Indonesian National Police, Directorate of Cyber, Bali regional police, Hotel Slot 88, Auto Cuan 88, Jaya Slot 28, Oscar 28, Sera 77, Facebook, Twitter, Suara Indonesia, Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Budie Arie, Higgs Domino Island","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Bali","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.85), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks and inter-agency collaboration mechanisms are being enhanced to sustain this level of regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming operations in Indonesia?"},{"label":"Market Entry Strategy","query":"How do these intensified enforcement actions against unauthorized online gambling influence the long-term market entry strategies for licensed B2C operators and B2B suppliers considering the Indonesian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777009837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009837","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=777009837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041219,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009837\/revisions\/777041219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}