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Indonesia

Indonesia uses one currency across three time zones; QRIS provides a common QR standard for participating payment apps.

By AsianBookies88.com

Country facts

Southeast Asia
Capital
Jakarta Jakarta is listed by UNdata; Nusantara is being developed, with an official target to become the political capital in 2028. [1] [2]
Currency
IDR Rp Indonesian rupiah
Population
285.72m 2025 estimate
Time zone
3 zones UTC+7 / +8 / +9. WIB, WITA and WIT respectively; no daylight saving time.
Calling code
+62
Domain
.id
Badminton icon Popular sport Badminton Sources & dates
Indonesia highlighted in charcoal, with neighbouring areas in grey. Generalised Natural Earth locator.
Indonesia highlighted
Generalised locator · Natural Earth

Bookmakers

Compare three bookmaker reviews selected from the BetandLink profiles that list Indonesia. The currency and language information below comes from the supplied archive; it does not establish current local authorisation.

A fixture listed simply as “Indonesia time” is incomplete. Jakarta and Java use western time, UTC+7; Bali and Sulawesi use central time, UTC+8; the eastern zone is UTC+9. A match starting at 20:00 in Jakarta therefore begins at 21:00 in Bali. Check the event’s own time-zone label before comparing schedules from different apps. [9]

Jakarta remains the capital shown in the UNdata profile. The Nusantara Capital Authority describes a staged development programme and a target for Nusantara to become the political capital in 2028. The target date refers to that planned political role, so it should be distinguished from the capital currently listed in the profile. [1] [2]

More bookies

  • 22BET
    Language
    Indonesian
    Currency
    IDR · Rp
  • Marathonbet
    Language
    Indonesian
    Currency
    USD · EUR

    IDR is not listed in this profile.

  • Pinnacle
    Language
    English
    Currency
    USD · EUR

    IDR is not listed in this profile.

  • Melbet
    Language
    Indonesian
    Currency
    IDR · Rp

Profile details come from the supplied BetandLink archive. Operators with a documented current customer restriction for this country are excluded. A language option or currency listing does not confirm current registration eligibility or local authorisation.

Did you know?

Pinisi boats

Pinisi refers to the rig and sails associated with the traditional Sulawesi schooner. UNESCO recognises the boatbuilding knowledge of South Sulawesi, including the skill required to shape and assemble a vessel and the organisation needed to build, navigate and operate it. [7]

The recognised tradition concerns a living craft, not one preserved boat. Knowledge passes through practical work and community relationships. It offers a maritime counterpart to an Indonesian map: the islands are separated by water, but boatbuilding and trading routes also connected their communities. [7]

Odds explained

Odds formats

Decimal odds are used for the worked examples in this guide. Multiply the stake by the displayed price for the total winning return, then subtract the stake to find the profit. The payment currency has no effect on this multiplication. [13]

An illustrative IDR 10,000 stake at 1.80 returns IDR 18,000 if successful, including IDR 8,000 profit.

Currency

Indonesia’s currency is the rupiah, identified by IDR and commonly written Rp. Large-looking numbers in rupiah should always be compared in the same currency: IDR 100,000 cannot be weighed against a USD or Malaysian-ringgit balance by comparing the digits alone. Bank Indonesia manages the national payment and rupiah framework. [1] [3]

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

Currency settings

For an international account, establish whether IDR is the account’s actual balance currency or only an approximate display. Then compare the requested deposit with the final rupiah debit. The same exercise matters for withdrawals: a payment processor returning another currency can introduce conversion even when the original amount entered on the website was shown in rupiah.

Payments

Domestic payment options in Indonesia include the services below. Their presence in the country does not mean that a bookmaker accepts them.

QRIS

QR standard

QRIS is Indonesia’s common QR payment standard. A compatible banking or wallet app can pay participating merchants without each merchant needing a separate code for every provider. Bank Indonesia’s cross-border arrangements also distinguish the customer’s funding currency from the rupiah amount received by an Indonesian merchant. [4]

BI-FAST

Bank transfer

BI-FAST is retail payment infrastructure designed for real-time transfers around the clock. Customers normally encounter it through participating financial institutions. Its operating hours do not establish a website’s own processing time: receipt by a bank and credit to a merchant account are separate steps. [3]

GoPay

Mobile wallet

GoPay supports payments through QRIS in its app. Its official help pages also explain transfers to another GoPay user. Choose the correct function for the recipient; scanning a merchant QR and sending money to a personal wallet are not interchangeable instructions. [5] [6]

Before paying

QRIS, BI-FAST and GoPay describe real Indonesian payment services, not a promise of bookmaker integration. A cashier should identify its accepted route and the recipient clearly. Where an overseas site only says “local transfer”, obtain the actual bank and currency details rather than assuming it supports every Indonesian bank or wallet.

Local operator

Official resource

Local status

No domestic bookmaker with a verified official .id address is included here. Bank Indonesia’s bi.go.id website is the local reference for rupiah and payment services. Its descriptions of QRIS and bank transfers explain the financial infrastructure; they are not a list of approved betting destinations. [4] [3]

Official information

Badminton

Badminton icon

Badminton provides some of Indonesia’s best-known international sporting achievements. Liliyana Natsir won four mixed-doubles world titles with two partners and Olympic gold at Rio 2016, achievements recorded by the Badminton World Federation. When following this sport, check whether the event is singles, doubles or a team tie: those labels identify different competitors and results. [8]

Sources

Population: 2025. UN projected estimate, medium-fertility variant; not a census count. Country facts and operator profile information have separate sources.

  1. United Nations Statistics Division — UNdata country profile
  2. Nusantara Capital Authority — Perpres Nomor 79 Tahun 2025 Pertegas Kepastian Kelanjutan dan Penyelesaian Ibu Kota Nusantara
  3. Bank Indonesia — Retail Payment Infrastructure
  4. Bank Indonesia — Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS)
  5. GoPay — Bagaimana cara bayar dengan QR?
  6. GoPay — Bagaimana cara transfer ke pengguna GoPay?
  7. UNESCO — Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi
  8. Badminton World Federation — BWF Hall of Fame 2022: Liliyana Natsir
  9. IANA — Time Zone Database: Asia
  10. International Telecommunication Union — National Numbering Plans
  11. IANA — Root Zone Database
  12. Natural Earth — Generalised country boundaries, 1:50m
  13. Sportradar — Decimal, Hong Kong and Malay odds
  14. 22BIT — Cryptocurrencies and identity verification
  15. IANA — .id delegation record
  16. BetandLink — Bet365 profile
  17. BetandLink — 1XBET profile
  18. BetandLink — Betwinner profile
  19. BetandLink — 22BET profile
  20. BetandLink — Marathonbet profile
  21. BetandLink — Pinnacle profile
  22. BetandLink — Melbet profile
  23. BetandLink — Linebet profile