How long does it take from the public security department to the court to be caught on guard at the casino?

It takes 37 days to two months for public security organs to review cases, one month to one and a half months for procuratorates and one month to one and a half months for courts. Depending on the circumstances, if the crime of gambling is constituted, the lookout is an accessory and can be given a lighter punishment.

Legal analysis

It depends on the specific situation. If it constitutes a gambling crime, the lookout is an accessory and can be given a lighter punishment. According to relevant laws and regulations, those who gather people to gamble for profit or take gambling as their occupation shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or control, 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 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. Any of the following circumstances, which constitutes a crime of gambling, shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of Article 303 of the Criminal Law. Having the status of national staff, organizing national staff to gamble abroad, organizing minors to participate in gambling, or opening casinos to attract minors to participate in gambling. In the relevant laws, those who play a secondary or auxiliary role in the same crime are accomplices. An accessory shall be given a lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment. Those who are coerced into participating in a crime shall be given a mitigated punishment or exempted from punishment according to the circumstances of the crime. A criminal who plays an auxiliary role in the same crime. It refers to a person who does not directly commit a specific crime and constitutes an objective criminal act, but creates conditions for an accomplice to commit a crime and assists in committing a crime.

legal ground

Article 303 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is amended as: "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 China citizens to participate in gambling abroad, if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.