{"id":777017902,"date":"2024-08-06T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017902"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:26:50","slug":"indonesian-ministry-of-tourism-rules-out-land-based-casino-in-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-ministry-of-tourism-rules-out-land-based-casino-in-bali","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Ministry of Tourism rules out land-based casino in Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities said land-based gambling will remain illegal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.-<strong> Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno<\/strong>, the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has poured cold water on a proposal for a casino in Bali. Speaking at a weekly press conference in Jakarta held on Monday (August 5), he said casino gambling remained illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The head of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) Bali had proposed the idea, arguing that a move on online gambling could lead to a shift to offline gambling. Bali&#8217;s Tourism Office has also rejected the idea. It said its focus remains on cultural tourism aligned with the nation&#8217;s values. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-to-restrict-free-vpns-to-curb-online-gambling-access\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indonesia to restrict free VPNs to curb online gambling access<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, Stefanus Asat Gusma, general chair of the PP Catholic Youth, expressed willingness to collaborate with the government in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/catholic-youth-vows-to-fight-online-gambling-in-indonesia\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">actions against online gambling<\/a>. Asat Gusma said&nbsp;the Catholic youth would conduct preventive initiatives, such as outreach and education, targeting younger people, to raise awareness about the negative impacts of online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities said land-based gambling will remain illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777004926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has definitively rejected a proposal for a casino in Bali, reiterating that all forms of land-based gambling remain illegal. This decision aligns with the nation's focus on cultural tourism and is further supported by initiatives to curb online gambling, including potential VPN restrictions and public awareness campaigns led by organizations like the PP Catholic Youth.","focusai_entities":"Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) Bali, Bali\u2019s Tourism Office, Stefanus Asat Gusma, PP Catholic Youth","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Bali, Jakarta","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Indonesia Regulatory Outlook","query":"What are the specific implications of Indonesia's continued prohibition on land-based and online gambling for international iGaming operators and B2B suppliers considering market entry into Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"VPN Restriction Impact","query":"How might the proposed restriction of free VPNs in Indonesia technically impact the accessibility of offshore online gambling platforms and what countermeasures might be considered by operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777017902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017902","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=777017902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017915,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017902\/revisions\/777017915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777004926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}