First, those things about chess and gambling
The earliest record of chess room in China evolved from chess clubs and casinos. Compared with previous chess clubs and casinos with harsh environment, chess room has the advantages of safety, comfort and good service attitude.
Second, why does the country prohibit gambling and the chess room can operate normally?
The answer is also very simple, because the chess room is a formal and legal business place, which is essentially different from illegal gambling, and the normal business is mainly due to the following factors:
1: The application for chess room is very strict.
For entrepreneurs who want to open a chess room, the chess room is not the same as we imagined, nor can it be opened only with a business license.
Because illegal gambling is strictly prohibited in China, the requirements for chess rooms that inherit gambling games are particularly high. In addition to the business license that is normally needed, six other documents are required to be complete before opening.
The other six certificates are code certificate, national tax registration certificate, local tax registration certificate, cultural business license, tobacco and alcohol business license and health license.
Among them, the most difficult thing is that the reason why the "Cultural Business License" needs to be handled in the chess room is because the business scope of the chess room is strictly a kind of traditional culture.
At the same time, because the chess room is a special business place, it is not allowed to be set up in schools, kindergartens, children's activity places, residential buildings, museums, libraries, art galleries and other areas close to public places and cultural relics protection.
Therefore, the requirements of the chess room are very high, but if there is one unqualified thing, it is basically impossible to apply for a business license, so it is impossible to open a business, let alone operate privately.
2. The customers of chess room are mostly elderly people.
Although China is a populous country with a total population of1400 million, the aging population in China has reached an astonishing 15%.
This is a very scary concept, which represents nearly 90 million old people in the population of1400 million, but according to international standards, we have actually entered an aging society.
However, although the city is developing faster and faster, and the whole social economy is also in a state of vigorous development, the supporting facilities for the elderly are somewhat single.
At the same time, due to the excessive work pressure of modern young people, their demand for the elderly only stays in material satisfaction, and their psychological demand for the elderly can only be helpless.
However, as elderly people, they need not only material satisfaction, but also spiritual encouragement. Many elderly people are in poor mental state because they have not seen their children for a long time, which eventually leads to physical illness.
Therefore, the existence of chess room at this time has become an important place for old people to communicate with each other to pass the time. According to relevant data, the proportion of elderly customers in chess room in China has reached 69%.
On the other hand, in order to take care of the old people's psychology and give them a place to play, the community often suggests that the old people go to the chess room to relax.
Moreover, if the local dispatchers bring these old people back to the police station for examination because of gambling crimes, if there is any problem with the physique and mentality of the elderly, basically no one can bear this responsibility!
3. The fees of chess room are diversified.
For the domestic illegal gambling market, its profit point depends on pumping water from the casino, distributing chips to customers, always changing chips, recharging VIP, providing loan procedures and so on.
Compared with illegal gambling, the fees in chess rooms are more diverse, formal and transparent. For example, many chess rooms now have integrated hotels, bath centers and leisure clubs.
Of course, chess rooms in these places can also be opened to the outside world, and the charging standard is basically based on time. According to the different consumption scale of each city, the charging standard is different.
Many chess and card rooms provide basic chess and card entertainment services to customers, and also provide extra tea, snacks, alcohol and tobacco, meals, and separate lunch break rooms.
4. The consumption of chess room is too low.
China's criminal law has clear requirements for the crime of gambling, and many chess rooms are just ways for the elderly to have fun, which can't reach this amount standard at all.
For example, according to the Criminal Law, when three or more people are organized to gamble, the cumulative amount of money drawn by the operators ranges from 5,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan, and the number of participants reaches 20 or more, it will be defined as gathering gambling.
The customers in the chess room are mostly old people, who are basically old friends who know each other in a community. When they have a rest and entertainment in the chess room, they add a little at most, most of them are at 5 yuan, ranging from 10, and often they will not surpass 200 yuan after playing in the chess room for a day.
Third, the chess room does not mean that it will not be banned.
Although chess and cards are officially operated places, there is a certain chance that they will be banned. The idea that playing in chess and cards at will will not be caught is very wrong!
You should know that the projects operated by chess rooms are too similar to illegal gambling. Sometimes what chess rooms do will unconsciously violate relevant laws and regulations.
What's more, they played chess and cards under the guise of going through a formal set of procedures but engaged in illegal activities behind their backs, such as Maoming city in Guangdong in late September of 20 17.
There is a regular chess room, which was very honest when it first opened, but it didn't take long for the boss to secretly buy the items used for gambling to engage in illegal gambling.
However, although the chess room is very secretive, it still can't stop the review of the law enforcement police. In the end, all the people in the whole chess room in 20 18 can take away the review.
4. What should I do when I find that the chess room may be suspected of gambling?
Gambling is an illegal game that is particularly addictive. It takes advantage of human weakness and gives us an illusion that we can get something for nothing.
And when just trying, some casinos will also use cheating to let us taste the dream of getting rich overnight without working, and suddenly collapse our defensive measures.
However, gambling is a scam of ten bets and nine losses. No matter how many times we can win in the early stage, we will fall into gambling in the later stage, thus losing all our property.
Therefore, we must be vigilant about the chess room that may be suspected. When we find that the chess room may be suspected of gambling, we must be cautious and try our best to do it according to the following methods:
1 Get away quietly and call the police as soon as possible.
As I mentioned repeatedly in the previous article, gambling is a very addictive game, and we should never indulge in it. If we find ourselves in a chess room, we may have been suspected of gambling.
Even if we have won several games in the chess room and gained some money, we must quietly find reasons to go to the police station as soon as possible to call the police.
2 improve their mentality
Besides calling the police, we should immediately get rid of our mentality of getting something for nothing. We must know that gambling is addictive, and a large part of it still comes from our own problems!
In fact, many gamblers are not ignorant of the dangers of gambling. They have also seen all kinds of things that are ruined by gambling in casinos, but they still can't get rid of gambling addiction in the end.
Therefore, while we are not immersed in it, we must improve our mind and experience the fun of life with our families to fight against the addiction of gambling.
Third, learning a strange language can get rid of addiction.
When we really can't get rid of the temptation caused by gambling addiction, at this time, our family life has also been messed up, and we still can't succeed after giving up gambling addiction!
Then at this time, we can only find another way. For example, when we find ourselves unable to quit gambling addiction, it is a good way to go abroad or learn a strange language. It looks ridiculous, but there are real cases.
legal ground
Article 70 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishment
For the purpose of making profits, provide conditions for gambling, or participate in gambling with a large amount of money, be detained for less than five days or fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and be fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan.
For regular business, providing gambling conditions for non-profit purposes is not regarded as gambling.
Small gambling can cultivate the mind of the old people.
The relevant state departments do not prohibit chess rooms from being used for entertainment, and there is a small amount of money to gamble when playing mahjong.