JAKARTA - Business Economist and Observer, Benny Batara Hutabarat or Bennix assessed that if the government decides to legalize gambling practices in the form of casinos, then there will be a positive impact, namely an increase in state revenue of at least IDR 200 trillion per year.
It is known that the discourse on legalizing casinos in Indonesia had appeared in the Commission XI meeting of the DPR RI when discussing new PNBP objects that could be maximized.
"If this is held by the state or there is a regional head who has the guts to make this at least Rp200 trillion a year," said Bennix after a public discussion with the title 'Legalization of Kasino in Indonesia: Between Legal Certainty, Social Challenges, and Economic Opportunities' held by Iwakum in Jakarta, Saturday, June 7th.
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With a significant increase in income, it will certainly have an impact on the development of the state or region, in terms of infrastructure and others.
Because, to his knowledge, the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) is only at Rp1 trillion. This value is used as the operation of state civil servants (ASN).
"Boro-boro wants to build a bridge for civil servants' salaries, but Rp. trillion to Rp. 200 trillion. That's an increase of 200 times the regional income," he said.
Not only that, Bennix also mentioned that many Indonesian citizens are gambling at casinos in other countries. This shows that there is a circulation of money from Indonesia in other countries.
Therefore, legalization of casinos is recommended to be carried out. Thus, it can withdraw large amounts of money that 'go away'.
"Yes, we have to make this immediately, if we don't have more money, this is no longer talking about Rp1-2 billion in money, this is talking about hundreds of trillions of money running abroad because the state has failed to have the guts to build similar businesses," said Bennix.
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