Is it illegal to play mahjong in mahjong hall during the epidemic?

It is not illegal to play mahjong in mahjong hall during the epidemic.

Getting together to play mahjong during the epidemic period is an act prohibited by the epidemic prevention department during the epidemic period. Because gathering people is easy to cause pneumonia infection in COVID-19 and increase the risk of infection, although playing mahjong is not illegal, this unusual behavior is extremely irresponsible to society and oneself.

It is illegal to gather people and play mahjong to participate in gambling during the epidemic, which is not irresponsible to society and individuals. Because gambling is prohibited by law in Chinese mainland, it is illegal to participate in group gambling illegally.

Whoever knowingly participates in recreational activities such as group dinners and playing mahjong, or to a great extent, but deliberately lets the disease spread, if the circumstances are serious, may be suspected of endangering public safety by dangerous means, or negligently endangering public safety by dangerous means.

If ordinary people do not cooperate with the prevention and control work during the anti-epidemic period, and gather people to play mahjong and cards privately, they may have to bear corresponding administrative responsibilities according to the seriousness of the case.

If you play mahjong, cards, etc. Is for the purpose of profit or gambling, may also be suspected of gambling. Whether in the special period of the epidemic or not, it is illegal to gather people to gamble. According to the relevant laws and regulations of our country, according to the identity, behavior and amount of gambling, gamblers need to bear the responsibilities of fines, administrative detention and so on; If the circumstances are serious, it may also constitute the crime of gambling and the crime of opening a casino.

legal ground

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 303 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, gathers people to gamble, runs casinos or takes gambling as his profession 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 abroad, if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.