Jakarta — Online gambling is now increasingly rampant and has even infiltrated official sites owned by the Regional Government (Pemda). The Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kemkomdigi) together with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) continues to take various strategic steps to eradicate this illegal practice.
The Director General of Digital Space Supervision at the Ministry of Communication and Digital, Alexander Sabar, stated that his party routinely conducts cyber patrols to comb through gambling content that enters local government sites.
“In handling local government sites, the Ministry of Communication and Information conducts cyber patrols that are indeed directed at combing through gambling content found on government sites with gambling keywords,” said Alexander.
If found, Kemkomdigi will send a warning to the site manager through the local Kominfo Service. If no action is taken within 2×24 hours, coordination will be carried out with the Directorate General of Digital Government Technology (Ditjen TPD) for further action, including terminating access.
“If after the information from the Directorate General of TPD is still not responded to, then in accordance with the agreement from the Directorate General of TPD, sites that still contain online gambling content will be followed up by terminating access,” said Alexander.
Kemkomdigi also opened a public complaint channel through the aduankonten.id site, and provided a special channel for government agencies through the Agency Complaint System.
From 2022 to June 11, 2025, 60,458 online gambling contents were found on government websites, with 59,447 having been handled and 1,011 contents still in process.
Meanwhile, PPATK has discovered various new modes of online gambling transactions, including via e-wallet, credit deposits, QRIS, and e-commerce.
“So we found a lot of shops in quotation marks, shops that are actually for online gambling deposits,” said Deputy for Analysis and Examination of PPATK, Danang Tri Hartono.
Danang also reminded the public not to sell personal accounts because they have the potential to be misused. He said PPATK has blocked 200 thousand accounts that are suspected of being used for online gambling activities.
With the majority of Online Gambling players coming from low-income groups, Danang emphasized the importance of public literacy.
“We invite the public to be aware of the dangers of online gambling,” he concluded.
