Illegal. Violation of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law. Gamblers shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred 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. Whoever gathers people to gamble or make profits by gambling, which constitutes a crime, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law.

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Opinions of the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Online Gambling Crimes I. Criterion of Conviction and Sentencing for the Crime of Opening a Casino on the Internet Using the Internet and mobile communication terminals to transmit gambling videos and materials and organize gambling activities is an act of "opening a casino" as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 303 of the Criminal Law: (1) Setting up a gambling place and accepting bets; (two) to set up a gambling place and provide it to others to organize gambling; (3) Acting as an agent for gambling establishments and accepting bets; (4) Profit sharing in gambling places. The acts specified in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed as "serious circumstances" as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 303 of the Criminal Law in any of the following circumstances: (1) The total amount of tap profits reaches more than 30,000 yuan; (two) the amount of gambling funds reached more than 300 thousand yuan; (3) The cumulative number of gamblers has reached more than 120; (four) after the establishment of a gambling place, the illegal income is more than 30 thousand yuan by providing it to others to organize gambling; (five) to participate in profit sharing in gambling places, and the amount of illegal income is more than 30 thousand yuan; (6) Recruiting a subordinate agent for gambling sites, and the subordinate agent accepts bets; (seven) to attract minors to participate in online gambling; (eight) other serious circumstances.