Stop SMS gambling

Stop SMS gambling

From Republika

A betting game under the guise of an SMS quiz with prize money, which in Malaysia has been declared to be gambling, has absorbed a lot of funds from the public and it should be banned.

The Indonesian Ulema Council should urge the government to prohibit gambling through SMS quizzes. It only pays a few million rupiah to several winners while the financiers scoop billions of rupiah.

For instance, if 100,000 SMS participants pay Rp2,000 per message, the quiz bosses will get Rp200 million in a single round, so that in a week with seven rounds the amount received by the financiers will further multiply.

M. ADIL Jakarta