How is the crime of organizing gambling handled?

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Organizing gambling and gambling is the act of enticing, luring, gathering others, and using a location to participate in gambling. Organizing gambling or gambling, in essence, is an act of complicity in gambling, gambling shows the act of enticing, luring, gathering others to participate in gambling but has the additional sign of the purpose of profit. This is a type of behavior that occurs relatively commonly along with gambling.

Article 322 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017) stipulates the crime of organizing gambling or gambling, as follows:

1. Anyone who organizes illegal gambling or gambling in one of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of VND 50,000,000 to VND 300,000,000 or imprisonment of 01 to 05 years:

a) Organizing 10 or more people to gamble at the same time with the total amount of money and gambling objects worth VND 5,000,000 or more, or organizing 2 or more gambling tables at the same time with the total amount of money and gambling objects worth VND 5,000,000 or more;

b) Using a location under one's ownership or management to allow 10 or more people to gamble at the same time with a total amount of money and gambling objects worth VND 5,000,000 or more, or allowing 2 or more gambling mats at the same time with a total amount of money and gambling objects worth VND 5,000,000 or more;

c) The total amount of money and objects used for gambling in one time is worth VND 20,000,000 or more;

d) Organizing a place to pawn assets for gamblers; installing equipment for gambling or assigning guards or attendants during gambling; arranging escape routes when surrounded or arrested; using means to assist in gambling;

d) Having been administratively sanctioned for one of the acts specified in this Article or the act specified in Article 321 of this Code or having been convicted of this crime or the crime specified in Article 321 of this Code, not having had the criminal record expunged but still committing the violation.

2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 05 years to 10 years:

a) Professional in nature;

b) Illegal profits of VND 50,000,000 or more;

c) Using the internet, computer networks, telecommunications networks or electronic means to commit crimes;

d) Dangerous recidivism.

3. The offender may also be fined from VND 20,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 or have part or all of his/her property confiscated.