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Uneventful: Securitization of Unregulated Online Gambling in Indonesia

Authors
Bintang Indra Wibisono1, *, Awalia Dhia Nisrina2, Ivana Putri Cahyaningtyas2, Constantin Brilliant Barus2
1Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Pusat Studi ASEAN UNS , Surakarta, Indonesia
2Students at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: bintang.i.wibisono@staff.uns.ac.id
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Bintang Indra Wibisono
Available Online 4 March 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-368-9_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Securitization; Online Gambling; Indonesia; Non-traditional Security Threat
Abstract

The proliferation of unregulated online gambling in Indonesia has caused a significant economic toll for Indonesian, prompting the government to implement extraordinary policy measures, such as the formation of an Online Gambling Task Force. However, these measures have been criticized as largely uneventful and theatrical. This research employs the securitization framework to explore the relationship between the construction of online gambling as an existential threat, the corresponding speech acts, and the resulting extraordinary policy measures. By analyzing 44 speeches categorized into nine distinct themes, our initial findings indicate that the securitization of online gambling in Indonesia predominantly frames the issue as a threat to social fabric, household economy and religious values. The discourse portrays online gambling as an economic problem at household level and a danger to the society, overshadowing more serious concerns like money laundering or organized crime. This threat construction also shows that there is a strong indication for a desecuritization that is reflected in the policy option.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICoSaPS 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 March 2025
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978-2-38476-368-9
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-368-9_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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