An estimated one million minors in Indonesia have online gambling habits, with over 80,000 players reportedly under the age of 10. Despite being illegal in the Muslim-majority nation, the addictive sites are luring vulnerable youngsters with promises of quick wealth, leading to numerous suicides linked to gambling in 2024.

In Indonesia, almost 1 million minors are thought to have an online gambling habit. Worse, authorities say more than 80,000 online players are aged below 10. For these youngsters, gambling is not a pastime they can control, but a dangerous obsession, driven by a desperate desire for a quick and easy way out of poverty. This despite gambling being illegal in the Muslim-majority country. In 2024, Indonesia recorded dozens of suicides linked to online gambling. FRANCE 24 reports.