What are the penalties for gambling in China's criminal law?

Article 303 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who 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 three 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 three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Some issues concerning the specific application of law in handling gambling criminal cases are explained as follows:

Article 1 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, has one of the following circumstances belongs to "gambling in groups" as stipulated in Article 303 of the Criminal Law:

(1) Organizing three or more people to gamble, and the total profit from tapping has reached more than 5,000 yuan;

(2) Organizing three or more people to gamble, and the amount of gambling funds reaches more than 50,000 yuan;

(3) Organizing more than 3 people to gamble, and the total number of participants in gambling reaches more than 20;

(4) Organizing 10 China citizens to gamble abroad, and collecting kickbacks and referral fees from them.