Indonesia sees 20% drop in online gambling turnover in 2025
Indonesia recorded a sharp fall in online gambling activity in 2025, with total money circulation linked to the sector declining by 20 percent compared with the previous year, according to data released by Indonesia’s Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).
PPATK said the total amount of money circulated through online gambling during 2025 reached Rp286.84 trillion ($19bn). This represented a decline from Rp359.81 trillion ($24bn) in 2024. The figures were released as part of PPATK’s findings on financial transactions and suspicious activity within Indonesia’s financial system.
Large volumes persist despite decline
Although overall turnover declined, PPATK data show that online gambling activity remained widespread throughout the year. Based on PPATK findings, 422.1 million online gambling transactions were recorded during 2025. Total deposits linked to these transactions reached Rp36.01 trillion ($2.4bn).
PPATK Public Relations Substantive Group Coordinator M. Natsir Kongah said participation levels remained significant despite the drop in transaction value.
“A total of 12.3 million people made judol (online gambling) deposits through various channels such as banks, e-wallets, and QRIS,” Natsir said in his official statement on Thursday, 29 January 2026.
Deposit volumes also declined year on year. In 2024, online gambling deposits stood at Rp51.3 trillion ($3.4bn), before falling to Rp36.01 trillion ($2.4bn) in 2025.
PPATK noted that the use of QRIS, Indonesia’s national QR code payment system, increased significantly compared with banks and e-wallets.
Authorities credit enforcement and coordination
PPATK attributed the decline in online gambling turnover and deposits to coordinated enforcement measures involving both public authorities and the private sector.
“The decline in total deposits and judol turnover is due to the right strategy and effective collaboration between the government and private sector in preventing and eradicating judol,” Natsir said.
The reduction in gambling-related transactions was also highlighted during PPATK’s 2026 Annual Reporting Meeting, held in Jakarta on 28 January.
Opening the meeting, PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana said online gambling transactions in 2025 “was recorded at IDR 286.84 trillion, a 20 percent decrease compared to IDR 359.81 trillion in 2024”.
He added that the decline marked the first time such a reduction had been recorded since joint efforts between government agencies and private sector stakeholders began. “This collaboration is an added value for Indonesia in facing the FATF Mutual Evaluation Review (MER) in 2029/2030,” he said.
Online betting tops red flags
Despite the fall in turnover, online gambling transactions continued to account for a large share of suspicious financial activity analysed by PPATK.
Of the 183,281 reports of suspicious financial transactions received during the year, 47.49 percent originated from criminal acts related to fraud. A further 18.71 percent were related to fraud, while 5.73 percent were linked to corruption.
PPATK reported an increase in overall financial transaction reporting in 2025, receiving 42,723,286 reports, up 25.5 percent from 35,650,984 reports in 2024.
Banks step up role in gambling enforcement
The decline in online gambling turnover comes as regulators step up action against illegal betting. From September 2023 to December 2025, Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority ordered banks to block more than 30,000 accounts suspected of being linked to online gambling. By early January, the number of blocked accounts had risen to 31,382, compared with 30,392 previously identified.
Banks were also instructed to close any additional accounts linked to the same national identity numbers and apply enhanced due diligence measures to prevent gambling networks from re-entering the financial system.
Digital enforcement was intensified during the period. Between 20 October 2024 and 16 September 2025, authorities took down more than 2.8 million pieces of harmful online content, including 2.1 million items linked directly to online gambling.
PPATK data indicate that these measures are having an effect. Through the third quarter of 2025, online gambling turnover reached Rp155 trillion ($9.24bn), down 57 percent from 2024. However, PPATK has warned that evolving payment methods continue to complicate enforcement, with deposits increasingly routed through QRIS and funds often converted into cryptocurrency.
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