Is it legal to rent a house and open a mahjong room?

1. Mahjong parlors with normal fees for playing cards are legal, while mahjong parlors with the nature of gathering people to gamble are illegal. 2, not for profit, with a small amount of property to win or lose entertainment activities, and provide entertainment venues such as chess room only charge normal places and service fees. , not to gamble.

Legal objectivity:

Article 303 of the Criminal Law Whoever gathers people to gamble or gamble for profit 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.