What is the essence of gambling?

Legal analysis: gathering people to gamble, opening casinos or taking gambling as a business. The so-called gathering gambling refers to organizing and attracting many people to gamble, and I profit from it. The so-called opening a casino refers to the act of providing gambling places and appliances for others to gamble and profiting from them. There are two ways to make a profit by opening a casino: one is that the casino owner does not directly participate in gambling, thus charging the venue and equipment use fees or tapping profits; The second is to open casinos to directly participate in gambling, such as setting up gaming machines, slot machines and other gambling machines or hiring people to gamble with customers. The so-called gambling industry refers to gambling addiction, gambling all the time, and gambling income as its source of life. As long as you have one of the behaviors of gathering people to gamble, opening a casino or taking gambling as a profession, it is in line with the crime of gambling.

Legal basis: Article 303 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever gathers people to gamble or gamble for the purpose of making profits, 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.