{"id":777039777,"date":"2026-03-27T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039777"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:03:53","slug":"indonesia-sees-post-eid-rise-in-online-gambling-deposits-despite-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-sees-post-eid-rise-in-online-gambling-deposits-despite-crackdown","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia sees post-Eid rise in online gambling deposits despite crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has warned of rising transaction volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- Online gambling deposits in Indonesia rose following <strong>Eid al-Fitr<\/strong>, according to the <strong>Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre<\/strong> (PPATK). The agency has reported a \u201csharp\u201d increase in deposits both during and immediately after the March 19\u201320 holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PPATK chief <strong>Ivan Yustiavandana<\/strong> said the pattern was consistent with previous years. \u201cThe sharpest increase typically occurs after Eid, when money circulation rises nationwide,\u201d he said, noting that higher disposable income and increased leisure time during the holidays tend to drive betting activity despite the ongoing crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks,police dismantled 132 online casino sites in a coordinated operation led by the national police&#8217;s cybercrime unit.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/85dee738-6920-4351-87e0-bb02e8dab2ac-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-reports-20-drop-in-online-gambling-turnover-in-2025'>Indonesia reports 20% drop in online gambling turnover in 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has warned of rising transaction volumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777028668,"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 Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) has reported a significant increase in online gambling deposits in Indonesia following Eid al-Fitr, consistent with prior years. This surge in transaction volumes occurred despite ongoing police crackdowns, driven by higher disposable income and increased leisure time during the holiday period. Authorities recently dismantled 132 online casino sites in a coordinated enforcement operation.","focusai_entities":"Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, PPATK, Ivan Yustiavandana","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PPATK Tracking Methodology?","query":"What specific methodologies does PPATK employ to track and report on illegal online gambling transaction volumes, and how reliable are these metrics for assessing the true scale of the black market?"},{"label":"Enhanced Enforcement Strategies?","query":"Given the consistent post-Eid surge in online gambling deposits despite enforcement, what enhanced inter-agency strategies are being considered to disrupt payment flows and reduce consumer access to these illicit platforms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[25070,24819,4138],"class_list":["post-777039777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-deposits","tag-indonesia","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039777","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777039777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039788,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039777\/revisions\/777039788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777039777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}