The Straits Times
Online gambling is a scam, warns Indonesia government in bid to curb the vice
JAKARTA - Around 2.7 million Indonesians gamble online regularly, with fund circulation of roughly 327 trillion rupiah (S$27.5 billion) in 2023 prompting a worried government to try to eradicate the vice by calling it a scam.
In its fight against the promoters of gambling sites, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics took down more than…