"Playing mahjong" at home may also go to jail, and some people have been sentenced

Case: a, b, c, d gambled by playing mahjong at a home, and received and paid gambling funds by cash and WeChat transfers. After being reported, a total of more than 60,000 yuan of gambling funds were investigated and punished, and the last four people were investigated for criminal responsibility for gambling crimes, and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 1 year to 3 years, and fined 8,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan.

Nani? Playing mahjong at home is also sentenced? Move the bench and sit well, please listen to the lawyer's analysis one or two.

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1. The law stipulates that article 303 of the Criminal Law [The crime of gambling; the crime of opening a casino] Whoever, for the purpose of making a profit, gathers a crowd to gamble or engages in gambling shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined.

2. The key factors that constitute gambling are as follows:

(1) For the purpose of making profits, gambling as a business.

Example: Zhang Mou takes gambling income as the main source of life, has no formal work and other legitimate income, or although he has work and other legitimate income, he uses gambling income as the main source of income for his life.

(2) "Gathering crowds to gamble". Where 3 or more people are organized to gamble, the cumulative amount of profits drawn reaches 5,000 yuan or more; where the cumulative amount of gambling funds reached 50,000 yuan or more; where the cumulative amount of gambling funds reached 50,000 yuan or more; where the number of people participating in gambling reached 20 or more; 10 or more citizens of the People's Republic of China were organized to gamble abroad, from which kickbacks and introduction fees were collected.

The case at the beginning of the article is a typical organization of gambling with more than 3 people, and the cumulative amount of gambling funds reaches more than 50,000 yuan.

Third, the cost of gambling

1. In addition to being subject to criminal punishment, public servants also face party and government disciplinary sanctions and dismissal from public office after being punished for gambling;

2. Illegal and criminal records accompany lifelong, individual examinations for civil servants, joining the army, joining the party, going abroad, studying abroad, are restricted, and lawyers and other related industries are prohibited;

3. Not only yourself, but also your children's participation in the army, joining the party, going abroad, and studying abroad are also restricted, and it is difficult to pass the political trial of joining the army and joining the party;

4. The formation of a previous criminal record of bad deeds is recorded in the case, and the punishment for illegal and criminal acts in the future is heavier.

Small gambles are pleasant, big gambles hurt the body, remind the majority of friends to gamble cautiously, big bets can not be done.

Source: Fa Da public account