{"id":95554,"date":"2026-05-26T09:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=95554"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:18:07","slug":"indonesia-shows-polymarket-the-door-after-platform-listed-odds-on-president-prabowos-early-departure-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=95554","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia Shows Polymarket The Door After Platform Listed Odds On President Prabowo&#8217;s Early Departure: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Indonesia blocked access to <strong>Polymarket<\/strong> after the platform allowed bets on the premature termination of President <strong>Prabowo Subianto\u2019s <\/strong>term, local media reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indonesia Tightens Online Gambling Rules<\/h2>\n<p>The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs classified Polymarket as an online gambling platform, considered illegal in the Southeast Asian country, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/indonesia\/2026\/05\/25\/govt-blocks-prediction-market-polymarket-amid-bet-on-prabowos-presidency.html\">report <\/a>by The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n<p>Ministry official <strong>Alexander Sabar<\/strong> was quoted in the report saying the platform contains elements of monetary betting over \u201cuncertain events\u201d and therefore violates prevailing laws.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities would also track social media accounts linked to the platform to further restrict its spread in the country, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Polymarket found itself under Indonesian scrutiny last week when it initiated a bet on the early end of <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/prabowo-subianto-out-as-president-of-indonesia-by\">Prabowo\u2019s term<\/a>. The bet &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/05\/52769989\/indonesia-shows-polymarket-the-door-after-platform-listed-odds-on-president-prabowos-e?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Indonesia\" shows polymarket the door after platform listed odds on president prabowo early departure: report>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia blocked access to Polymarket after the platform allowed bets on the premature termination of President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s term, local media reported on Monday. Indonesia Tightens Online Gambling Rules The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs classified Polymarket as an online gambling platform, considered illegal in the Southeast Asian country, according to a report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-95554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}