{"id":777042615,"date":"2026-05-25T09:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042615"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:38:32","slug":"indonesia-blocks-polymarket-after-bets-on-presidents-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-blocks-polymarket-after-bets-on-presidents-exit","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia blocks Polymarket after bets on president\u2019s exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities have classified the platform as illegal online gambling after users opened markets on a possible early end of President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- Access to Polymarket<\/strong> has been blocked in Indonesia authorities determined that the platform violated national laws prohibiting online gambling and speculative betting. The move was confirmed by Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, whose director general for digital space oversight, Alexander Sabar<\/strong>, said the platform\u2019s activities \u201ccontain betting and speculation over events that are inconclusive<\/strong>\u201d in breach of Indonesian law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision came shortly after the platform received attention for hosting wagers on when President Prabowo Subianto<\/strong> would exit as president, despite his term officially ending in 2029. The market reportedly launched on May 21, one day after Prabowo unveiled plans to centralise control over key Indonesian commodity exports, including coal and palm oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials pointed to regulatory actions taken against Polymarket in other jurisdictions<\/a>, including Singapore, Brazil and India, while noting that Taiwan, Thailand<\/a>, China and Japan have imposed restrictions on similar services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabar said authorities are monitoring social media accounts linked to Polymarket as part of the enforcement process. The government said other prediction platforms could face comparable restrictions if found to breach Indonesian law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Malaysia blocks Resorts World Sentosa bid to recoup debt through bankruptcy petition<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities have classified the platform as illegal online gambling after users opened markets on a possible early end of President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777028000,"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 Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has blocked Polymarket, classifying its prediction market activities as illegal online gambling and speculative betting. This regulatory action follows Polymarket hosting wagers on President Prabowo Subianto's term, with authorities citing similar enforcement in other jurisdictions and warning other platforms of comparable restrictions. The move underscores a tightening regulatory stance on unregulated online betting verticals.","focusai_entities":"Polymarket, Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Alexander Sabar","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Singapore, Brazil, India, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Japan, Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Future of Prediction Markets?","query":"What are the broader implications for the global prediction market vertical given Indonesia's classification of Polymarket as illegal online gambling, and how might this influence regulatory convergence or divergence in other key Asian jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Impact?","query":"How will this regulatory precedent in Indonesia, coupled with actions in Singapore, Brazil, and India, impact the governance frameworks and B2C licensing strategies for other nascent speculative betting platforms seeking market entry in regulated or grey markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24819,25120,25125],"class_list":["post-777042615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-indonesia","tag-polymarket","tag-prediction-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042615","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=777042615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777042636,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042615\/revisions\/777042636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}