Relevant laws and regulations
Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.
Article 303 Whoever gathers people to gamble or gamble for profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined.
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Gambling Criminal Cases [2005] No.3 Article 8 "Money used for betting, money in exchange for chips and money won through gambling belong to gambling funds. If a gambling crime is committed through the computer network, the number of points bet or won on the computer network can be multiplied by the actual amount represented by each point to determine the amount of gambling money. Gambling funds should be recovered according to law; All gambling paraphernalia, illegal gambling proceeds and all funds, means of transportation and means of communication dedicated to gambling by gambling criminals shall be confiscated according to law. "