Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs: 97 Thousand TNI-Polri Members Play Online Gambling
Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs (Menko Polkam) Budi Gunawan said 8.8 million Indonesians were online gambling players. It was recorded that 97 thousand members of the TNI-Polri were also involved.
"The players are 8.8 million Indonesians, the majority of whose players are middle to lower. 97,000 members of the TNI-Polri and 1.9 million private employees play judol," Budi Gunawan told reporters, Thursday, November 21.
Unfortunately, of the millions of Indonesians who are listed as online gambling players, 80,000 of them are children under 10 years old.
This figure is also predicted to continue to increase. Therefore, the eradication of online gambling must be massive.
"Of course, once again, from the facts and conditions, it is very worrying and beautiful, then the judol desk has been and will continue to take action against law enforcement to cut and block judol bookings including blocking the flow of funds and public education campaigns to prevent online gambling," he said.
Moreover, online gambling causes endorphin hormone to its players. So, they will be addicted and continue to play.
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The feeling of addiction is because the players will feel very happy if they win. In fact, it has all been regulated by the dealers.
"Even though the victory has been regulated by online gambling operators so that the deposit of funds will get bigger," said Budi.
Meanwhile, based on the available data, the value of the circulation of online gambling money will reach IDR 900 trillion in 2024.