When it comes to online gambling, the government needs an emergency policy

JAKARTA The government is being urged to make a breakthrough or implement bolder policies in the fight against online gambling, which is increasingly common and endangering communities. One way is to imitate Malaysia, which lists Genting Highland as its gambling location.

“My advice is that we are as resolute as Malaysia. It is a gambling place in itself. It’s just a gambling place,” said public policy observer Trubus Rahadiansyah on Sunday, June 16, 2024.

He said extraordinary measures were necessary because online gambling practices had claimed many lives. While this will create contrasts from communities, especially religious organizations, more open thinking is needed about how to deal with these issues, including the provision of gambling venues.

Moreover, gambling locations can collect taxes that are useful for government revenues. This would be better than the government issuing strange policies like Tapera or PPH 21. Just create such places, our empty islands become gambling places, so automatically people who want to gamble go there, so the gambling is localized,” he added.

The government can also learn from the policies of Ali Sadikin, who managed to regulate the increase in gambling problems between 1966 and 1977. Ali Sadikin’s policy of legalizing gambling actually succeeded in spurring development in Jakarta, one of which was the Semanggi area.

Trubus said the current activities of the online gambling task force could be more effective if they were accompanied by emergency government policy. In addition to cracking down on gambling to its roots, the government can also provide special locations for gambling, such as in Malaysia.

“The notes are in Genting. Only Malaysian citizens and foreigners who are non-Muslim and over 21 years of age have access to casinos there. Such rules must be stringent if casinos are opened in Indonesia,” he said.

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