Legal Analysis of the Implementation of Criminal Sanctions in the Crime of Togel Gambling: Study of Court Decision Number 420/PID.B/2021/PN.SIM

Authors

  • Sarles Gultom Universitas Simalungun Author
  • Van Lodewijk Purba Universitas Simalungun Author
  • Simeun Petrus Saragih Universitas Simalungun Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70489/91pved27

Keywords:

Togel Gambling, Criminal Liability, Social and Economic Impacts

Abstract

The rampant practice of lottery gambling in society reflects a failure in building public rationality that causes life to become more speculative, marked by uncertainty, instant mindsets, and dependence on luck through numbers, which ultimately erodes the values of hard work and discipline, while this study attempts to answer several main problem formulations, namely the factors that encourage someone to gamble on the lottery, the impacts caused to society, and how criminal responsibility is imposed on lottery gamblers, where this study uses a library research method (Library Research) by examining various legal sources such as laws and regulations, legal theories, court decisions, and expert opinions in order to find solutions to existing problems, so that it is concluded that the main factors that encourage lottery gamblers include gambling as a hobby, filling free time, environmental influences, and efforts to improve the economy, while the impacts of this gambling are very broad, including increased crime rates, financial problems, health problems, wasting time, wasting resources, social losses, wasting opportunities, and potential corruption, and based on the facts revealed in court, the Public Prosecutor charged the defendant with alternative charges based on Article 303 Paragraph (1) 1 and Article 303 Paragraph (1) 2 of the Criminal Code, so that the defendant can be held criminally responsible as regulated in Article 303 Paragraph (1) 2 of the Criminal Code in the Second Indictment.

References

Anwar, T. (2019). Hukum dan Kriminalitas di Indonesia: Kajian Sanksi Pidana. Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka.

Ardiansyah, R. (2019). Dampak sosial perjudian terhadap masyarakat perkotaan. Jakarta: Pustaka Nusantara.

Ardiansyah, R. (2020). Dampak sosial perjudian terhadap kehidupan masyarakat perkotaan. Jakarta: Pustaka Nusantara.

Becker, G. S. (1968). Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach. Journal of Political Economy, 76(2), 169-217.

Cornish, D. B., & Clarke, R. V. (1986). The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives on Offending. Springer-Verlag.

Felson, M., & Eckert, M. A. (2015). Crime and Everyday Life: Insight and Implications for Society. SAGE Publications.

Hidayat, R. (2020). Efektivitas Hukum Pidana dalam Penindakan Perjudian di Indonesia. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Bangsa.

Hidayat, R. (2020). Efektivitas Sanksi Pidana terhadap Tindak Pidana Perjudian di Indonesia. Jakarta: Sinar Grafika.

Hidayat, M. (2019). Kriminalitas dan perjudian ilegal: Studi kriminologi di Indonesia. Bandung: Mitra Ilmu.

Hidayat, M. (2021). Aspek hukum pidana dalam perjudian togel: Studi kasus di Indonesia. Bandung: Mitra Ilmu.

Kurniawan, A. (2021). Tinjauan yuridis terhadap pertanggungjawaban pidana dalam kasus perjudian ilegal. Yogyakarta: Bina Aksara.

Marlatt, G. A. (2003). Addictive Behaviors: Etiology and Treatment. American Psychological Association.

Marlina, T. (2021). Pengaruh perjudian terhadap kesehatan mental: Studi psikologi sosial. Yogyakarta: Bina Aksara.

Marzuki, A. (2021). Hukum Pidana Indonesia: Teori dan Praktik. Surabaya: Airlangga Press.

Muladi. (2021). Teori dan Kebijakan Pidana dalam Sistem Peradilan Pidana. Bandung: Alumni.

Putri, S. (2022). "Analisis Kriminologis terhadap Kasus Perjudian di Indonesia: Studi Putusan Pengadilan." Jurnal Hukum & Kriminalitas, 15(2), 134-150.

Rachman, D. (2020). "Disparitas Pidana dalam Putusan Hakim terhadap Tindak Pidana Perjudian." Jurnal Penegakan Hukum, 12(1), 87-102.

Rachman, D. (2022). Kajian Kriminologi dan Hukum Pidana terhadap Perjudian Online dan Konvensional. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Bangsa.

Rahayu, S. (2021). Perjudian dan dampaknya terhadap kesejahteraan ekonomi individu. Surabaya: Citra Pustaka.

Rahayu, S. (2022). Kebijakan kriminal dalam menanggulangi perjudian ilegal di Indonesia. Surabaya: Citra Pustaka.

Saputra, J. (2021). "Perjudian dan Dampak Sosialnya dalam Perspektif Kriminologi." Jurnal Kriminologi Indonesia, 14(3), 211-228.

Sari, L. (2021). Perbandingan Hukum Pidana terhadap Perjudian di Indonesia dan Negara-Negara ASEAN. Bandung: Pustaka Ilmu.

Sutrisno, H. (2019). "Implementasi Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 1974 dalam Menanggulangi Perjudian di Indonesia." Jurnal Ilmu Hukum & Sosial, 10(4), 299-314.

Sudarto. (2019). Hukum dan Kejahatan: Perspektif Kriminologi dan Hukum Pidana. Semarang: Diponegoro University Press.

Schutz, A. (1967). The Phenomenology of the Social World. Northwestern University Press.

Sutherland, E. H. (1947). Principles of Criminology. J. B. Lippincott.

Santoso, B. (2022). Korupsi dan perjudian ilegal: Tantangan bagi penegakan hukum di Indonesia. Malang: Universitas Brawijaya Press.

Setiawan, A. (2022). Fenomena kecanduan perjudian di kalangan masyarakat urban. Medan: Pustaka Mandiri.

Sulistyowati, D. (2020). Masalah ekonomi dan perjudian: Sebuah kajian hukum ekonomi. Jakarta: PT Gramedia.

Setiawan, A. (2022). Kriminologi perjudian: Faktor penyebab dan dampak bagi masyarakat. Medan: Pustaka Mandiri.

Wibowo, R. (2018). Efektivitas kebijakan pemerintah dalam menangani perjudian ilegal. Bandung: Pustaka Abadi.

Wibowo, R. (2020). Efektivitas penegakan hukum terhadap perjudian ilegal di Indonesia. Bandung: Pustaka Abadi.

Downloads

Published

2025-07-17

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Legal Analysis of the Implementation of Criminal Sanctions in the Crime of Togel Gambling: Study of Court Decision Number 420/PID.B/2021/PN.SIM. (2025). KOLABORASI: Journal of Multidisciplinary, 2(2), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.70489/91pved27