The Indonesian government is setting up a multi-ministerial and multi-agency task force to tackle online gambling. Interpol will also be asked for help in cross-border events.

Thursday's statement on the matter, also known as Cominfo, said officials found that computer servers based in the Philippines and Cambodia, respectively, offered gambling to Indonesians in October last year.

According to data from Indonesia's Financial Transactions Reporting Analysis Center (PPATK), about 270 million citizens, a Muslim majority, gambled online last year. According to Thursday's report, 80 percent of them were betting on an IDR of 100,000 (currently $6.16), although it did not clarify whether the amount was per session or annual.

This information was published by the Bernama – Malaysian National News Agency.

The article, citing a statement from Indonesia's communications ministry, added that the Indonesian Financial Services Agency (OJK) has so far struggled to ban access to related overseas trading accounts.

The Ministry of Communications also had difficulty blocking access to servers deemed to have problems based in foreign jurisdictions.

The task force will be under Indonesia's Political, Legal and Security Coordination Department.

This includes opinions from the Ministry of Communications and the Financial Services Authority as well as from the Financial Reporting Center and the national police.

"Kominfo will oversee the digital space, OJK will manage the account, PPATK will handle the flow of funds and police will carry out arrest and investigation," said Usman Kansong, Director of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Communications

In a separate statement, Minister of Politics, Law and Safety Hardy Tazanto expressed increasing concern over online gambling, particularly cases involving students.