Criminal law provisions:
Article 303 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.
Judicial interpretation of the Supreme Court:
Article 1 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, has one of the following circumstances belongs to "gambling in groups" as stipulated in Article 303 of the Criminal Law:
(1) Organizing three or more people to gamble, and the total profit from tapping has reached more than 5,000 yuan;
(2) Organizing three or more people to gamble, and the amount of gambling funds reaches more than 50,000 yuan;
(3) Organizing more than 3 people to gamble, and the total number of participants in gambling reaches more than 20;
(4) Organizing 10 China citizens to gamble abroad, and collecting kickbacks and referral fees from them.
Article 2 For the purpose of making profits, opening a gambling sites on the computer network, or accepting bets on behalf of gambling sites, belongs to "opening a casino" as stipulated in Article 303 of the Criminal Law.
Article 3 Where people from China and citizens from China gather to gamble and set up casinos in the surrounding areas outside China to attract people from China and citizens from China as the main source of tourists, which constitutes a crime of gambling, they may be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law.