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Quote from: satscraper on August 06, 2024, 05:48:31 AM

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling.

I think country like Indonesia are majorly restricted to such gambling activities and probably they citizens must have been making use of this particular search engine to for gambling and it's being noticed by the government so definitely it has led to them blocking it entirely so none of the citizens or individuals that reside in Indonesia can make use of the search engine again. with this is it that there's no room for gambling in this country anymore? Yeah knowing the level of negative outcome gambling has brought to an individual and the society I believe this is a more reason why such countries prohibit physical gambling casinos as well as online casinos and it could be of great importance to the citizens tho.

I come from Indonesia, gambling in my country is strictly prohibited, even if caught gambling can be subject to criminal articles for both players and people who provide gambling places (including online gambling). But strangely gambling is still illegal in Indonesia but Indonesia ranks first with the largest number of players in Southeast Asia. Gambling sites are indeed blocked by the government almost every year but today it is blocked the next day a new site appears, and this is a fact.

On the other hand, why is gambling prohibited in my country because in my country the majority of the population is Muslim, this is the factor why gambling is prohibited here. But currently there are still pros and cons between wanting to legalize gambling and gambling is still prohibited. Because on the one hand gambling is difficult to eradicate as I said before, today a gambling site is blocked the next day another gambling site appears (they only change the name of the site) and even though gambling sites are prohibited there are still loopholes to be able to gamble using VPN. On the other hand, if gambling remains prohibited, the state will not receive taxes from gambling, even though Indonesian people continue to gamble secretly. This is proven because Indonesia ranks first with the largest number of gamblers in Southeast Asia. So this is still a debate in my country, whether gambling should be legalized or remain illegal.