[ENGLISH] Online Gambling Reach Out from Informal Sector Workers to Legislators
Not long ago, a video went viral in public showing PDIP Party member of the Jakarta Greater Area’ House of Representative’ member , Cinta Mega , playing games on her tablet during a plenary meeting. Soon after, netizens were busy commenting on the video circulating, it was suspected that the game played by Cinta Mega was no other than slot gambling. This council member was evasive and said she was only playing the Candy Crush game . This avoidance provoked a strong reaction from contemporary gamers, especially the young generation who know well about online gaming. The denial from netizens became viral decoding that the games displayed on the Cinta Mega tablet were not just ordinary games. In the aftermath of her inappropriate actions, Cinta Mega was fired by the PDIP DKI Jakarta branch ’s plenary meeting and made an inter-time change. This decision was conveyed by the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta PDIP DPD Adi Widjaja (Tuesday, 27 July 2023). Nonetheless, gambling via digital channel...