Online gambling is now a serious problem in Indonesia. This phenomenon has even claimed human lives. Dr Ivanovich Agusta, a sociologist at IPB University, emphasized that online gambling must be viewed as a major problem because it concerns the right to life, the most basic human right.
“When online gambling practices result in loss of life, it shows how serious the problem is,” he said in response to the phenomenon of rampant crime due to online gambling.
According to Dr Ivanovich, one of the main causes of people getting caught up in online gambling is internal factors. From a neuroscience perspective, online gambling causes addiction in the brain similar to narcotics. This addiction drives a person to continue seeking…