Article 303 of the Criminal Law: Whoever gathers people to gamble or gamble for profit as his occupation shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined.

Crime of opening a casino Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or control, 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.

Two, on the identification and punishment of the crime of opening a casino online.

Whoever knowingly provides the following services or assistance to a gambling place is an accomplice in the crime of opening a casino and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 303 of the Criminal Law:

1. Provide gambling sites with Internet access, server hosting, network storage space, communication transmission channels, advertising, membership development, software development, technical support and other services, and charge a service fee of more than 20,000 yuan;

2. Providing fund payment and settlement services for gambling sites, charging a service fee of more than 1 10,000 yuan or helping to collect gambling funds of more than 200,000 yuan;

3. Advertise websites, odds and other information for more than 65,438+00 gambling sites, or advertise for more than 65,438+000 gambling sites.

(3) the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued.

Whoever sets up a gambling machine to organize gambling activities under any of the following circumstances shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the crime of opening a casino as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 303 of the Criminal Law:

1, with gambling machines above 10;

2, set up more than 2 gambling machines, allowing minors to gamble;

3, in the vicinity of primary and secondary schools set up more than 2 gambling machines;

4, the illegal income accumulated to more than 5000 yuan;

5, the amount of gambling funds accumulated to more than 50 thousand yuan;

6. The total number of gamblers has reached more than 20;

7. Having set up more than 5 gambling machines within two years after being punished by the administrative bridge for setting up gambling machines;

8. Having set up more than 5 gambling machines within five years after being criminally punished for gambling and opening casinos;

9. Other circumstances that should be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Through Bian Xiao's introduction, we can know that if you open a casino according to the regulations, you will be sentenced. This is related to the law. Don't do anything illegal. If you don't pretend to be smart, you will regret it.