How to deal with gatherings to play mahjong

Legal analysis: Gathering people to play mahjong is for leisure and entertainment. It is not illegal and will not be punished. Anyone who gathers a crowd to play mahjong in violation of public security management shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days and fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan. If the act of gathering a crowd to play mahjong constitutes a crime, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined.

Legal basis: "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 303: Anyone who gathers people to gamble or engages in gambling for the purpose of profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance. , and impose a fine.

Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or 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 and not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined.

Anyone who organizes citizens of the People's Republic of China to participate in overseas (overseas) gambling with huge amounts or other serious circumstances shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 70 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishments": Anyone who provides conditions for gambling for the purpose of profit, or who participates in gambling with relatively large gambling capital, shall be detained for not more than five days or fined for not more than five days. A fine of not more than 100 yuan shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and shall also be fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan.