Indonesia struggles to enforce online gambling ban
23 December 2022 |
12:13 pm
Online gambling is against the law in Indonesia, as are all other forms of gambling, but the authorities are finding it particularly hard to catch online gamblers red-handed. DW met up with one Indonesian man taking a big gamble by playing poker for a living.
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