Legal analysis
For this kind of private lending dispute, the police station will generally preside over mediation to solve the problems of both parties. However, if I am coerced and forced to borrow money, if the amount is large, it is likely to constitute a crime of extortion, so the police station will take care of it, but it needs to provide evidence. If you can prove that what you owe is really gambling money, the court will not support it and the IOU will be invalid. If the parties can prove that the loan written involuntarily is really invalid. If the report is verified by the police station, you are forced to write an iou because you really participate in gambling and owe gambling money. The iou is invalid, but the police station will make relevant regulations or laws for the parties and everyone involved in gambling and make corresponding penalties. Of course, taking the initiative to surrender and actively cooperating with the investigation can reduce or exempt the punishment as appropriate as meritorious service. Gambling is illegal. As a derivative of gambling, the gambling debt law will not protect it. It doesn't matter whether there is a note or not. There is no law to protect gambling debts. Gambling debts don't have to be paid back, because it's illegal.
legal ground
Article 303 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * 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. Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five 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 five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Whoever organizes People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens to participate in gambling outside the country (territory), if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. 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.
Article 70 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law provides conditions for gambling for the purpose of making profits, or participates in gambling in a large amount, and is detained for less than five days or fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and fined for more than 3,000 yuan in 500 yuan.