Based on a survey from DroneEmprit, Indonesia has the highest number of online gambling users, with 201,122 users. Moreover, the money turnover in this online gambling activity is also very concerning. Based on data from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), there were 168 million online gambling transactions with a money turnover of 327 trillion IDR throughout 2023.
In the first quarter of 2024 alone, the money turnover in online gambling applications has reached 110 trillion IDR. The chairman of the online gambling eradication task force, who is also the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Hadi Tjahyanto, said that 2.37 million Indonesians have fallen into online gambling, and 80% of these online gambling users are from the lower to middle economic class.
This is very concerning because the money turnover of 327 trillion IDR flows out of the country and does not stop in Indonesia. The implication is a decrease in people's purchasing power, sellers and traders will experience a decrease in sales, which will result in a decrease in income, which will ultimately lead to poverty.
For example, Budi, who initially bought lontong and a glass of tea every morning, bought rice and snacks during the day, and bought martabak and coffee at night, suddenly changed when he was introduced to online gambling. Budi no longer buys the various foods above, but uses his money to deposit into online gambling, and the same story applies to millions of other users. As a result, the economy does not circulate, the economy is sluggish, which has fatal consequences for the social order.
If we talk about eradication efforts, the State must already have instruments to eradicate this online gambling, namely by using legal instruments. For example, there are Article 27 paragraph 2 and Article 45 paragraph 2 of the ITE Law, and various other legal regulations. However, in reality, this online gambling practice still exists and even tends to increase.
The following are some mainstream efforts to eradicate online gambling that can be taken:
- Strict Law Enforcement can be carried out with severe sanctions, such as imprisonment and fines. It can also be done with international cooperation to arrest online gambling operators who are hiding abroad.
- Strengthening Regulations can be done by implementing the blocking of online gambling sites and implementing layered blocking technology to make it difficult to access online gambling sites.
- Education and Socialization can be done with public campaigns to raise awareness of the risks of online gambling, as well as financial literacy socialization.
- The use of Technology is similar to the method mentioned previously, namely by blocking access to gambling sites based on DNS and IP. Also, AI can be used to detect suspicious activity on the internet that smells of promotion or use of online gambling.
- Multi-sector Collaboration, by encouraging the public to report online gambling activities to the authorities, and collaborating with influencers to carry out digital literacy socialization regarding the dangers of online gambling.
- Prevention and Rehabilitation, providing programs to provide support to online gambling perpetrators to help them recover from addiction.
Unfortunately, some of the above efforts have mostly been carried out in Indonesia, but in fact the number of online gambling users has not decreased. With this, Indonesia must make anti-mainstream efforts and approaches in order to overcome this activity.
If we look at other countries, many countries in the world have legalized online gambling, such as England, the United States, Spain and others. We can use this effort as an anti-mainstream effort to eradicate online gambling, of course with strict regulations and providing benefits for the State.
In England, online gambling tax is charged at around 15%. Let's say if Indonesia implements the same thing, then from 327 Trillion Rupiah of money turnover, the State will get 49 Trillion Rupiah. Online gambling operators must also be regulated, operators must not be abroad, must be in the country, so that it does not happen Capital Outflow. In the end, money does not leave Indonesia, and the State gets taxes from these gambling activities.
However, the suggestion above is the last resort, as a country based on Pancasila which believes in God, gambling activities are very taboo and a bad activity. Indonesia must be able to eradicate online gambling activities, starting from preventive to repressive actions. The State must be able to prevent the increase in online gambling users, the State must dare to eradicate the individuals backing this online gambling. So that Indonesia becomes a prosperous, prosperous and blessed country.
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