If the case was not filed at that time, it would not be pursued after the prescribed time. The maximum statutory penalty for gambling crime is 10 years' imprisonment, and the prosecution period is 10 years. If gambling constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility may not be investigated after 10 years.
The constitutive elements of gambling crime are as follows:
1, the object of gambling crime is socialist social fashion;
2. Objectively speaking, it is an act of gathering people to gamble or taking gambling as a profession;
3. The subject of gambling crime is the general subject;
4. The crime of gambling is subjective and intentional, and it is for profit.
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Legal basis: Article 87 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
After the following time limit, the crime will not be prosecuted:
(1) Five years have passed if the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment;
(2) Ten years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years;
(3) Fifteen years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years;
(4) Twenty years have passed if the maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty. 20 years later, if it is deemed necessary to prosecute, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.