Indonesia fights to combat illegal online gambling surge

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While gambling is illegal in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation -- with sentences of up to six years in prison -- government figures show around 3.7 million Indonesians engaged in it last year, placing more than $20 billion in bets.  The stats prompted President Joko Widodo in June to set up a task force headed by the country's security minister and that month the government ordered telecoms providers to block overseas gambling websites -- typically in Cambodia and the Philippines.  In Bogor, south of the capital Jakarta, a clinic at a psychiatry hospital has been treating patients struggling to break their gambling addiction since the beginning of the year.  ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES

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00:00Let's record it once for both IUCN and COPPA.

00:22There was a time when we deposited the money as a statue.

00:25The winnings were divided evenly, according to the number of people.

00:29So the perspective of daily life, especially when I was studying in Bandung,

00:34was just gambling.

00:35I would meet friends and gamble.

00:36I skipped class to gamble.

00:38At night, I didn't do anything but gambled.

00:59The problem with online gambling is that it can be a form of anxiety and depression.

01:13It's because of the social implications.

01:16For example, they can't afford to pay.

01:19The relationship or interaction with the family is also damaged.

01:22There is no longer fear of being chased by debts, etc.

01:30Beep!

01:40I believe this is the tip of the iceberg.

01:43First, not everyone understands that gambling is a disorder.

01:50It means gambling addiction.

01:52Gambling addiction is a disorder.

01:54Not everyone understands that.

01:56This gambling addiction disorder can be both offline and online.

02:02This is another way to educate people about this condition.

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