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Research on the Crime of Establishing Casinos on WeChat
School of Political Science and Law, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, China
Law School of Beijing Normal University (BNU), Beijing, China
- 1 School of Political Science and Law, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, China
- 2 Law School of Beijing Normal University (BNU), Beijing, China
Chinese Studies·Volume 12 (2023)·Pages 313–324·Published 28 September 2023·DOI10.4236/chnstd.2023.124023
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Abstract
Establishing casino constitutes a crime in China. A necessary objective constitutive requirement of it is the act of “providing gambling place”. Opening a casino in WeChat is a new way of gambling which has no traditional gambling place. Base on study the guiding Case No. 105 and Case No. 106 of the supreme court of China as well as the interpretation of the authoritative scholars and Article 303 of the Criminal Law supplemented by Opinions and Interpretations, to rational expand the interpretation of relevant legal norms can contain the facts of providing gambling place in order can define that establishing casinos on WeChat constitute the crime of opening a casino.
KeywordsEstablish CasinoWeChatLegal InterpretationOnline Gamblin
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