Here Shantou City was criminally detained on suspicion of gambling. How long will you be detained? Is it necessary to sentence?

In general, the longest detention period in criminal proceedings is 14 days. Major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes by gangs can be detained for up to 37 days. However, after the expiration of criminal detention, criminal compulsory measures such as arrest can be changed (the actual detention period often exceeds the detention period).

Conviction and sentencing of criminal suspects generally require the public security organs to file a case for investigation, the procuratorate to initiate a public prosecution, and the court decides whether the perpetrator is guilty and what criminal responsibility should be investigated. If the crime of gambling is established, it shall bear criminal responsibility according to law.

Legal basis:

Article 303 of the Criminal Law is the crime of gambling; The crime of opening a casino is for the purpose of making profits, and those who gather people to gamble or take gambling as their business shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined.

Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, 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.