Police Arrest Higgs Domino's Online Gambling Dealer In Batam

BATAM - Members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Barelang Police, Riau Islands, arrested bookies and gamblers while transacting the purchase of chips for the online gambling application game "Higgs Domino" in Batam.

“There are three that we have secured, they are secured at the Coyong Good Morning Coffee Shop in Lubuk Baja. When he was arrested, the player was buying chips from the dealer who was at the location," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Barelang Police, Abdul Rahman, quoted by Antara, Monday, May 30.

The perpetrator who was arrested on Saturday (28/5) had the initials A. He was secured with two other actors, namely H who served as the organizer, and HN who was a player of the online gambling application.

When secured, the three perpetrators were caught in the middle of buying and selling chips that were used as bets in the application.

Abdul Rahman explained that the perpetrator with the initials A, who was a woman, apart from being an online bookie, also served as a cashier at the Coyong Good Morning Coffee Shop for 17 months.

Within a month, he said, the perpetrators could pocket up to Rp. 15 million only from selling chips for the online gambling application "Higgs Domino".

"This net profit is obtained from the sale of 1 billion (billion) 'Higgs Domino' chips for Rp. 65,000. From the sale of 1 billion, the dealer gets a net profit of Rp. 5,000. Sales are always made every day to different players, "said Rahman.

Before being arrested, the police had observed the movements of the HN perpetrator who was playing "Higgs Domino" and was running out of chips in the application.

Then perpetrator H directed actor HN to meet actor A who was at the cashier's desk to buy and sell chips.

"Indeed, we get information from the public that in this coffee shop transactions often occur for online gambling applications. For that, we place officers to observe the movements of visitors there," he said.

Not only the perpetrators, the officers managed to secure evidence in the form of records of buying and selling chips made by the dealer since the last 17 months.

In addition, his party secured a mobile phone belonging to the dealer which contained a chip of 169 billion which was intended only for players who often played at the shop.

"For their actions, the three of them are now subject to Article 303 paragraph 1 with a threat of 10 years in prison," he said.