Indonesia struggles to enforce online gambling ban
By DW
14 January 2023 |
12:52 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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