Indonesia fights to combat illegal online gambling surge
While gambling is illegal in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation -- with sentences of up to six years in prison -- government figures show around 3.7 million Indonesians engaged in it last year, placing more than $20 billion in bets.
The stats prompted President Joko Widodo in June to set up a task force headed by the country's security minister and that month the government ordered telecoms providers to block overseas gambling websites -- typically in Cambodia and the Philippines.
In Bogor, south of the capital Jakarta, a clinic at a psychiatry hospital has been treating patients struggling to break their gambling addiction since the beginning of the year. ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES
The stats prompted President Joko Widodo in June to set up a task force headed by the country's security minister and that month the government ordered telecoms providers to block overseas gambling websites -- typically in Cambodia and the Philippines.
In Bogor, south of the capital Jakarta, a clinic at a psychiatry hospital has been treating patients struggling to break their gambling addiction since the beginning of the year. ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES
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00:00Let's record it once for both IUCN and COPPA.
00:22There was a time when we deposited the money as a statue.
00:25The winnings were divided evenly, according to the number of people.
00:29So the perspective of daily life, especially when I was studying in Bandung,
00:34was just gambling.
00:35I would meet friends and gamble.
00:36I skipped class to gamble.
00:38At night, I didn't do anything but gambled.
00:59The problem with online gambling is that it can be a form of anxiety and depression.
01:13It's because of the social implications.
01:16For example, they can't afford to pay.
01:19The relationship or interaction with the family is also damaged.
01:22There is no longer fear of being chased by debts, etc.
01:30Beep!
01:40I believe this is the tip of the iceberg.
01:43First, not everyone understands that gambling is a disorder.
01:50It means gambling addiction.
01:52Gambling addiction is a disorder.
01:54Not everyone understands that.
01:56This gambling addiction disorder can be both offline and online.
02:02This is another way to educate people about this condition.