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The crime of gambling refers to the behavior of gathering people for gambling or taking gambling as an industry. The object of this crime is the socialist social customs. ^[1] From Article 303 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China.

Crime of gambling

The crime of gambling refers to the behavior of gathering people for gambling or taking gambling as an industry. The object of this crime is the socialist social customs. ^[1]

Boundaries from general offenses

The main differences between the two are: subjectively whether it is for profit, objectively whether it has the behavior of gathering crowds, opening a casino, or gambling as an industry. Even though he has participated in gambling many times, he has not won or lost much, and he does not rely on gambling as his life or the main economic source; or even if the perpetrator provided a casino or gambling equipment and he did not profit from it, he could not find the crime of gambling. Where the circumstances are serious, they may be dealt with in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Penalties.

The Boundary of Gambling and Fraud

"Article 303 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" For the purpose of making profits, gathering people for gambling or gambling as an industry, they shall be punished for less than three years

Aiming at the problem of how to distinguish gambling behaviors from mass entertainment activities, the person in charge of the Special Action Office of the Ministry of Public Security to combat gambling violations and criminal activities explained:

1. See if you can make a profit from it. The crime of gambling is objectively limited to the three acts of "gathering the crowd," "opening a casino," or "gambling as an industry." "Gathering crowds" refers to the act of organizing, convening, and enticing multiple people to gamble, and I make a profit from it. "Taking gambling as a business" refers to behaviors in which gambling is frequently performed, and gambling is used to obtain money for their living or main economic source. "Opening a casino" refers to the provision of gambling places and appliances for others to gamble in, and I profit from it; mass entertainment does not exist to make a profit from it.

2. The amount of lottery depends on the economic conditions of the individual, the region and the consumption level accepted by the public.

3. From the subjective point of view, whether it is for profit or not is a subjective element that constitutes the crime of gambling; mass entertainment is for leisure and recreation.

4. From the perspective of the subject, the mass entertainment is mostly conducted among family members, relatives and friends.

Relevant departments are actively studying and formulating judicial interpretations to focus on cracking down on gambling crimes. The judicial interpretation will make specific provisions on issues such as the identification of online gambling crimes, the definition of gambling funds, the distinction between gambling violations and mass entertainment activities, and is expected to be introduced in the near future.

Executive summary: The crime of gambling is a more common form of crime that obstructs the order of social management. The crime object of the gambling crime is relatively complex, reflecting the characteristics of multiple objects; objectively, there are still certain shortcomings in the current legal provisions; the subject of the crime should pay attention to the issue of indirect principals and accomplices; Sex is always an unavoidable issue and it needs to be comprehensive. Based on the recent cases of gambling crimes in our city, the author puts forward some views and suggestions on the above issues of gambling crimes.

Keywords: crime of gambling; object; objective aspects; subject; subjective profit

I. Introduction

Gambling has a long history in China and is one of the typical dross of social tradition. With the establishment of the people's democratic government and the strengthening of the crackdown on gambling, the gambling ills that have been breeding in our country for thousands of years were once gone. However, with the gradual acceleration of reform and opening up, gambling, a social malignant tumor, has resurfaced and has revived. Especially in recent years, gambling behaviors and even gambling crimes have become more and more intense in the southeast coastal areas with rapid economic development. This not only endangers social stability, induces a variety of crimes, but also undermines the normal economic order of society and brings great harm to society. [1] It should be said that during the same period, China s legal crackdown on gambling crimes has gradually increased and improved, but the momentum of gambling crimes has continued to grow. Take Cixi as an example. In 2002, there were 11 gambling cases with 24 people involved; 19 cases in 2003 with 32 people involved; and in 2004 it climbed to 29 with 96 people involved. It is undeniable that there are various reasons here, but the lack of understanding of the theory of gambling crimes and the shortcomings of the evaluation system construction is an unavoidable reality and one of the more prominent reasons. Based on this, based on the investigation and research on gambling crimes in our city in the past three years, and in combination with relevant foreign regulations, I have put forward some views and suggestions on the constituent elements of current gambling crimes, in order to deepen the gambling crimes. The understanding of criminal behavior is beneficial to the practical operation of curbing gambling crimes.

Object of Gambling Crime

Regarding the object of the crime of gambling, there are two main types of legislation and theory in foreign civil law countries: First, social legal benefits. That is to say, the crime of gambling is considered to be a crime against social good customs. For example, the Italian criminal law stipulates gambling crimes as "crimes against police in violation of customs", and Japan and South Korea stipulates gambling crimes as crimes against social legal interests; one is personal legal interests. That is to say that the crime of gambling is an act that causes damage to the property of others. For example, German and Austrian criminal laws stipulate the crime of gambling on "penalable sexual acts against other people's property." [2] Domestic scholars generally have two formulations. Generally, the object of gambling crime is moral order and social security management order. Another view is that the object of gambling crime infringement is socialist fashion and private property ownership [3]. In conclusion, the author believes that because gambling crimes involve a wide range of issues, are related to social order, and infringe on private property rights in the gambling behavior, the object infringed by the gambling crime is not a general single object, but a complex object. The direct object of the crime of gambling is pure socialism and customs, and the similar object of the violation is the social security management order; the main object is socially pure customs and social order, and the secondary object is the ownership of private property. Nonetheless, because the current criminal law is classified according to the classification of similar objects and the ordering of main objects, the crime of gambling is classified as a crime against the prevention of social management order, leaving the ranks of property crime. However, we cannot use this to deny that gambling crimes have the characteristics of property crimes. Another convincing explanation is that in the punishment of gambling crimes, the fine is a concurrent punishment imposed by the current criminal law, which reflects the emergence of criminal law for gambling crimes. Economic punitive, and as we all know, fines are generally a common punishment in crimes against property. Based on this, the crime object of the crime of gambling includes not only social good customs, social management order, but also private property rights.

Objective aspects of the crime of gambling

According to the provisions of Article 303 of the Criminal Law, the crime of gambling is manifested in three aspects in objective terms, namely, gathering people to gamble, opening a casino, and using gambling as an industry. It should be said that the classification of this objective behavior is reasonable, and it is indeed a certain deterrent in combating gambling crimes. However, with the continuous accumulation of practice and the deepening of theoretical understanding, the disadvantages of our criminal law in the objective classification of gambling crimes have begun to emerge:

First, the crime of gambling is not objectively summarized and distinguished rigorously. The juxtaposition of "gathering crowds" and "opening a casino" lacks scientificity and logic. Logically, the former should include the latter, not a side-by-side relationship. From a practical point of view, the distinction between the two is also somewhat arbitrary. Take a specific case in our city as an example: In the case of No. 45 at the beginning of the civic punishment in 2003, the defendant Hu Mou gambled in his own family and made a profit. 5 Wan Yuyuan, both the public prosecution and the trial authorities believed that Humou opened a casino and gathered people to gamble. In the same period of 2003, at the beginning of the 2003 case No. 67, the crime of the defendant Shen and Humou It is exactly the same, but the public prosecutor's office and the judiciary have accused and identified Shen's behavior as a crowd gathering gambling. There doesn't seem to be much of a problem here, it's just a difference in expression. However, there are still differences between "gathering gambling" and "opening a casino": First, the objective situation of the two is different. Secondly, the social harm of the two is also different. Gathering may be just a temporary act among friends and acquaintances, and the plot and subjective viciousness of opening a casino is obviously greater than the former.

Second, the regulation of "gambling as an industry" is difficult to operate in judicial practice, and the actual judicial effect is minimal. The author consulted more than 60 gambling crime cases in our city in the past three years, and none of them were convicted of "gambling as an industry". Perhaps it is because the author's contact range is narrow and cannot be extended. However, the main reason is that the "gambling industry" regulations are very vague and difficult to operate. Judicial personnel will naturally "advance benefits and avoid harm" in the process of characterizing and handling cases. For the sake of security, in the case of consistent crimes Next, always try to choose the first two types of objective behavior to be identified. More importantly, the author found in the survey that some gamblers do not open casinos or organizers of crowd gambling. They are always mixed between multiple casinos, or they often participate in crowd gambling organized by others. To achieve the purpose of illegal profit. Such persons cannot be criminally punished based on the first two objective behaviors, but they can be dealt with on the basis of taking gambling as their business. The key issue is how to identify "taking gambling as an industry"? Some people believe that gambling activities have become the main content of their lives over a long period of time, and that gambling income is the main source of their lives or extravagance. [4] The author agrees with this view. On February 5, 2005, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate quantified this in the "Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of the Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases in Gambling (Draft for Comment)" and proposed the "participation 30 times in a year" standard. This is still a partial definition under the premise of a single crime of gambling, and it is difficult to get rid of the suspicion of "cutting the right foot", so the judicial interpretation officially announced finally avoided this problem. This runs counter to the basic principles of legality of crimes and is not conducive to coordinating with the legal system itself. Article 186 of the Japanese Criminal Law, Article 246 of the Korean Criminal Law, and Article 267 of the Taiwan Criminal Law of China all stipulate the practice of gambling crimes. Therefore, the author thinks that the safe way is to learn from the practice of relevant countries and add the crime of gambling. This can not only make a considerable part of the criminal forms of gambling as an industry to have proper legal evaluation, but also avoid the embarrassing phenomenon of "marginalizing" as an objective behavior in gambling crimes.

Third, the crackdown on gathering crowd gambling is too broad, and the private issuance and sale of lottery tickets is not effective. The crime of gambling in our country adopts an exemplary form of crime. Only gambling behaviors that meet the three objective behaviors can constitute a crime, and the behavior of issuing lottery tickets is essentially different from the three objective behaviors. In previous judicial documents, the behavior of underground lottery was mostly attributed to the objective behavior mode of gathering crowds, as far as the judicial practice of our city is concerned. In all the gambling cases involving Liu Hecai investigated by the author in the past three years, the defendant was criminally punished for opening a casino or gathering gambling.

There are actually some problems with this type of criminal treatment. First of all, from the current method of issuing and selling underground lotteries, the author does not deny the existence of the concentrated purchase of underground lotteries, but with the continuous improvement of information and communication contact methods, Telephone issuance, telephone fax, online ordering and other distribution and sales methods are commonplace, and in the process it is difficult to find traces of opening a casino or gathering gambling. It is too far-fetched to convict in the three objective ways of gambling, and it is difficult to comply with gambling. The constituent elements of crime; secondly, in order to reflect the principle of legality of crime, after the amendment of our criminal law, the analogy system has been abolished, and the issuance and sale of underground Liuhecai is regarded as gambling to a large extent. This is in line with our criminal law. Contrary to the basic principles. The two interpretations on the specific application of the law on the handling of criminal cases in gambling cases, which came into effect on May 13, 2005, will still be the current widespread Liuhecai or other illegal lottery business in accordance with Article 225 of the Criminal Law ( Article 4) Convicted and punished for illegal business. [5] It is questionable if the judicial interpretation is to be adjusted in this way, because in many judicial interpretations issued before this time, there have been more punishments for the crime of illegal operation. If this has been used for internal coordination of the legal system, the crime of illegal operation has been committed. Will become the new "pocket crime". How to solve this problem? The experience of major countries in the civil law system is worth learning from. The Criminal Code amended by France in 1975 provided for the illegal issuance of lottery tickets; [6] Article 287 of the German Criminal Code provided for the issuance of lottery tickets or lottery tickets for real or movable property without official permission; [7] The criminal code provides for the crimes of illegal sales, commission sales, and lottery awards. [8] The author believes that China is also a civil law country in the civil law system. Regardless of the legal system or the actual situation, we will draw on the practices of France, Germany, Japan, and other countries to condemn illegal acts of issuing and selling lottery tickets in addition to the crime of gambling Are all feasible.

4. Subject matter of gambling crime

The subject of the crime of gambling is a general subject, and any natural person who has reached the age of sixteen and has criminal responsibility can be a subject of crime. There are two aspects worth noting here:

First, the problem of indirect infringement of the crime of gambling. In some gambling cases where casinos and underground lottery are opened, criminals do not directly manage the casino or seduce gamblers to place bets because of self-protection. Instead, they hire, recruit and buy other members of the society to directly engage in gambling. The conduct of the act, behind the scenes, is in actual control and gains a lot of illegal benefits. Among them, the phenomenon of using and instigating persons who have not reached the age of criminal responsibility, lack of criminal responsibility capacity, and unsuspecting persons to commit gambling crimes will also occur in practice. At this time, the gambler is a typical indirect principal and should bear all criminal responsibility.

Second, the accomplice of gambling. In quite a few gambling cases, the author found that under the command, planning and organization of the gambling head, many people could not withstand the temptation of interest, and carried out a series of auxiliary work such as the division of labor for the gambling head, picking up the wind, maintaining management . As long as the perpetrator's behavior complies with the composition of a joint crime, the punishment for gambling should be given, which is less severe than that of the principal offender. But as gambling crimes become more rampant, the rate of joint crimes and even group crimes in gambling cases is getting higher and higher. Criminals have a very strict organizational division of labor and detailed cooperation. Because of its serious social hazards, such accomplices should be punished according to their crimes according to law and should not be taken lightly.

V. Subjective profit determination of the crime of gambling

The subjective aspect of the crime of gambling can only be direct intentional, indirect intentional and negligent cannot constitute the crime. And a necessary condition of subjective aspect is to have a profit purpose and motive, but the profit purpose and motive are different in different gambling behaviors, and the motive for profit in gambling crimes must be stronger than general gambling behaviors. In judicial practice, how to determine the purpose of gambling profit to the extent of crime? Combining research and existing related discussions, the author believes that it can be carried out in the following two aspects:

First, look at the relationship between gambling establishments and the participants. Through the statistics of many gambling cases, the author believes that, in general, criminal gambling is mostly chosen in some more secret non-public places, such as remote village houses, hotel rooms, and so on. Organized gambling crimes are also guarded by guards. Most of the participants in the gambling are unspecified members of the society, and generally have no relationship with friends, classmates or friends.

Second, look at the size of the jackpot, the degree of profit and the number of participants. The Ministry of Public Security stipulates that the size of the lottery depends on the individual, regional economic conditions and the level of consumption accepted by the public. [9] The author believes that gambling crimes have the common characteristics of offenders and convicted offenders. The amount of jackpots or the amount of gambling funds does have a reference value for measuring whether a gambling crime is constituted. Organize and attract gambling numbers. The interpretation of the two issues on the specific application of the law in handling criminal cases in gambling cases also adopted a combined standard for this. A cumulative amount of gambling capital of more than 50,000, a cumulative profit of 5,000, and a total of 20 participants can be identified. Gambling crimes, which is consistent with the general approach of Cixi City to deal with gambling crimes investigated by the author.

Notes:

[1] Yue Guanghui: "On the Characterization and Treatment of Gambling Cases", contained in "Journal of Gansu Adult Education College", No. 3, 2002.

[2] Huang He: "Comparison of Gambling Crimes in Civil Law Countries", in Journal of Yunnan University (Law Edition), Issue 4, 2003.

[3] Gan Yupei, He Peng: Foreign Criminal Law, Peking University Press, 1985, p. 868.

[4] Li Xihui: "A New Comment on Crimes of Impairing the Order of Social Management", Wuhan University Press, 2001 Edition, p. 180.

[5] See Article 6 of the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate's Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases in Gambling

[6] Peking University Law School editor: "Peking University Encyclopedia Criminal Law", Peking University Press 2003 edition p.334.

[7] Translated by Xu Yunsheng and Zhuang Jinghua: "German Criminal Code", China Legal Publishing House 2000 edition, pp. 198-199.

[8] See Article 187 of the Japanese Criminal Code.

[9] See Four Criteria for Distinguishing Gambling Crimes from Entertainment Activities by the Ministry of Public Security

Tang Xiuhong's defence in gambling

Dear Presiding Judge, Judge:

Zhejiang Wanxiang Guangming Law Firm accepted the entrustment of the relative of the defendant Tang Xiuhong in this case, and appointed me as Tang Xiuhong's defender to attend today's trial and defend the defendant Tang Xiuhong according to law. Before the trial, the defender met with the defendant, consulted the case materials, and understood the case. Based on the facts and evidence in this case, this defender will defend Tang Xiuhong with no guilt.

1. The defendant, Tang Xiuhong, did not objectively conduct "gathering crowds, opening casinos, and gambling as an industry".

Article 303 of China's Criminal Law stipulates that: "For the purpose of profit, gather people to gamble, open a casino or gambling industry, imprisonment of less than three years, detention or control, and fines." The crime of gambling can only be constituted in three cases, namely, gathering people to gamble, opening a casino, and gambling as an industry. Specifically, "gathering the crowd" refers to the act of organizing, convening, and enticing multiple people to gamble, and I make a profit from it. Such people are commonly known as "gambling heads." The gambling head may not directly participate in gambling. "Taking gambling as a business" refers to behaviors in which gambling is often conducted and money is used for living or main source of income. "Opening a casino" refers to the act of providing a place and equipment for gambling for others to gamble in and profit from it. The person who opens a casino refers to the owner of the casino or the person who runs the casino in partnership. Ordinary employees do not belong to the person who opens the casino. From the facts found in the case, the gambling personnel were convened by casino owners such as Yang Laowu, Zhao Guanyong, Xue Yunqiang, etc. The defendant Tang Xiuhong did not organize, convene, or induce others to gamble; in addition, he did not participate in gambling. Not to mention gambling. And it is impossible to talk about opening a casino. I think Tang Xiuhong, as a foreigner who is not familiar with her life, is a woman. How can she be able to open a casino? Therefore, Tang Xiuhong's behavior does not meet the objective requirements of the crime of gambling.

2. The indictment accuses the defendant Tang Xiuhong and other defendants of opening a casino with others, which is inconsistent with the facts and does not comply with the criminal law common crime theory.

First, in China's criminal law theory, joint crime refers to "common intentional crime", which means that the defendants must have a subjective common intentional crime. In this case, the opening of the casino was done by Yang Laowu, Xue Yunqiang, Zhao Guanyong and others. The above-mentioned personnel did not conspire with Tang Xiuhong when opening the casino. The location, time, personnel, tapping method, and profit of the casino were divided into Tang Xiuhong. She did not participate in the planning either. She was hired to work in the casino after the casino opened. The casino owner paid her 200 yuan a day. She neither invests (buying gambling equipment, rents venues, pays staff salaries, etc.) nor enjoys dividends from casino revenues, so she can't talk about "opening a casino with others." The public prosecution office accused Tang Xiuhong and others of setting up a casino with others without any factual or theoretical basis.

3. The allegations made by the public prosecutor's office do not comply with the principle of statutory punishment for crimes in China's Criminal Law, which is an arbitrary expansion of the scope of the criminal law.

Article 4 of the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate's Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of the Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Gambling stipulates that "who knows that others are engaged in gambling criminal activities and provide them with direct assistance such as funds, computer networks, communications, and settlement of expenses As a accomplice in the crime of gambling. "From the above, it can be seen that the only circumstances that constitute accomplices in the crime of gambling are the provision of funds, computer networks, communications, and settlement of fees, not including those working in casinos. Judging from the scope of the criminal law's crackdown on gambling crimes, it is also aimed at gambling heads and gambling sticks. It cannot arbitrarily include some service personnel in the criminal subject of gambling crimes, and optionally expand the scope of the crackdown, resulting in abuse of punishment. Tang Xiuhong's behavior is only a general illegal act, which is fundamentally different from criminal behavior. It is sufficient to impose public security punishment, and it is inappropriate to punish the crime of gambling.

In summary, in order to safeguard the defendant's legal rights and the law's dignity, the people's court was requested to acquit Tang Xiuhong in accordance with the law.

Gathering and gambling

Article 303 of the Criminal Law of China stipulates that: for the purpose of profit, gathering people for gambling or gambling as an industry, they shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than three years, detention or control, and fines.

Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, detention or control, and a fine; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and fined. ^[3]

The above law contains two counts: the crime of gathering crowds and the crime of opening a casino.

The so-called crowd gambling refers to organizing and attracting multiple people to gamble, and to make a profit from it. Such people are commonly called "gambling heads", and the gambling heads themselves may not necessarily directly participate in gambling.

The so-called gambling industry refers to the nature of gambling, consistent gambling, and gambling income as its source of life. Such people are commonly known as "gambling sticks". Here we must pay attention to the continuity and long-term nature of gambling. The specific determination shall be determined according to the actual situation.

The so-called opening of a casino refers to opening and operating a casino, providing a place and equipment for gambling for others to gamble in.

The dangers of gambling

1. Performance of youth gambling behavior

At present, one of the outstanding manifestations of China's gambling activities is the seriousness of youth gambling, some of which are shocking. The main performances are as follows: First, the number of young people participating in gambling is large. Whether in the countryside or the city, gambling has drawn tens of thousands of teenagers into a hurricane. In middle schools, not only some poor students participate in gambling, but even some of the better-performing students secretly participate in gambling. Some middle school students at home are sitting at the poker table shuffled, shuffled, and played cards, and his parents are behind the scenes. This is nothing new. Second, there are many different types of gambling venues and methods for youth. In society, illegal operators set up gambling in casinos, skating rinks and other entertainment venues, such as slot machines and horse-racing machines, to attract young people in novel ways to profit from it. Youth gambling is not the same as adults. They do not count on places. They can gamble in a place where they can be found in twos and threes. As for gambling, in addition to mahjong, poker, dice, Pai Gow, etc., there are also cigarette cards, odd-kids, Bojin Card, Bo Yanzi, etc. Third, juvenile gambling is linked to juvenile delinquency. Not only do teenagers gamble often cause fights and thefts, but they also lead to crimes such as injury and homicide. Therefore, criminologists often regard juvenile gambling as an important trigger for juvenile delinquency.

There have been two homicide cases in Shanghai in order to repay gambling debts. One occurred in the 1980s. A 16-year-old secondary technical school student Huang Mou owed 10 yuan to his classmates and 20 yuan for book debt. Rixiang Huang made an ultimatum, and 30 yuan had to be paid off before one day, otherwise he would be injured. Huang was afraid that he had no money to pay back, and had no other choice. So he took a risk and came to the aunt's house one afternoon before the deadline. He wanted to use the knife to threaten the aunt to take out the money. The aunt who was preparing for the attack and stabbed his cousin at the age of 3 with a knife. As his aunt desperately called for help, Huang fled in a hurry. After more than ten days, Huang was captured by the police and became an attempted murder. Another homicide occurred in the 1990s. A junior high school student often gambled and owed a total of 300 yuan in gambling debts. For junior high school students without financial income, they were unable to repay this small gambling debt. However, the creditor continued to force him to repay the debt. Once the creditor saw that he could not repay the debt, he threatened him with a knife and ran away. The creditor became even more angry when he saw him running away, chased him up, grabbed him, and stabbed him with a knife. Going on, killing the junior high school student.

Living facts tell us that gambling is harmful to middle school students a lot:

(1) Gambling can easily cause greed among middle school students, which will distort their outlook on life and values over time;

(2) A lot of wasted learning and rest time, so that it seriously affects learning, lags in grades, and even causes grades and dropouts;

(3) Poisoning the minds of middle school students, gambling activities are likely to cause middle school students to have bad psychological qualities such as good and evil, mischief, speculation and luck;

(4) Gambling habits are difficult to change and may become gambling sticks or professional gamblers after they have grown up; moreover, gambling often involves bad behaviors such as smoking, drinking, stealing, lying, and fighting. Therefore, gambling will do no good to middle school students.

2. The performance of teens' obsession with game consoles

With the development of modern high technology, electronic game consoles have been introduced into our country and are popular with young people. It should be said that as a kind of intellectual game, it can promote the development of adolescents' various abilities. However, playing a gaming machine exceeds the limit, reaching a level of obsession, affecting physical health, normal learning and character development, which is an abnormal state of playing a gaming machine.

Playing a game console for a long time is harmful to the health of adolescents: it is mainly an eye irritation that is easy to cause myopia; it also affects platelet decline; it also causes brain fatigue: it also affects sleep. Reported that a 15-year-old child in Hong Kong was obsessed with game consoles. He was addicted to game consoles in the summer of 1996. At 10 pm on August 19, he played the most popular "Three Kingdoms" 5th generation computer with his brother at home game. He played "Liu Bei" and his brother played "Cao Cao". The two played against each other. After playing for seven hours in this way, he refused to give up. At about 5 o'clock on the 20th, the boy was exhausted due to overuse of the brain. He was shocked on the spot and his limbs twitched. Fortunately, his mother noticed that he was sent to the hospital for treatment without any misfortune.

Many middle school students lack the ability to exercise restraint and play games for hours. These game consoles either missed class or forgot to go home, and even reduced their sleep. Over time, their learning was obviously affected. Some surveys show that the majority of teachers and parents have the same view that regardless of study and rest, elementary and middle school students are obsessed with game machines all day long, which is not conducive to their learning and physical and mental health.

This situation is also worrying because teenagers lack the ability to discern and cannot resist certain bad game console content. On July 5, 1996, according to the report, the Tianjin Press and Publication Administration inspected Tianjin Guangquan Software Co., Ltd. and found that the video game software "Decision of the Governor" is a work that promotes Japanese militarism with fascist content. Among them, the performance is The naval battles of World War II have the images of war criminals Tojo Hideki and others. Relevant departments have stopped the production of such harmful game console software and dealt with it according to law. It can be expected that if this game console software is produced, then a large number of young students will be poisoned politically and spiritually. What a terrible and horrible scene!

At present, in order to make money, some illegal operators have gone to school to poison youngsters with pornographic content, causing them to take a bad path. Some game machine business halls in an open city in the south once had such a game machine picture. As the teenagers played with the machine, the clothes of the beautiful girl on the picture were stripped off, and the rest were naked women. The obscene content of such game machine cards has eroded a number of young students. After the relevant departments found out, they immediately banned it.

On November 21, 1995, an ordinary female worker in Suzhou wrote a report letter to Yang Xiao, the vice governor of Jiangsu Province and the secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee. It turned out that the couple bought a computer a few months ago in order to support a 16-year-old son in middle school to learn computers. The son actually bought a yellow VCD disc from Suzhou Baodie Co., Ltd. and put it on his computer to watch it, which led to a decline in his academic performance. As a result of absenteeism, quizzes and examination results plummeted. The mother-worker called to the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee with tears, crying, "My son is only 16 years old! If there is no good social environment, how can he complete his life path!"

Since the computer can be networked, it can join other networks. Some obscene software content can poison more teenagers through networked computers. This situation has already happened in our country. It must be taken seriously by relevant departments and necessary measures should be taken. Due to the increasing number of young people with thick computers, they are likely to be connected to other computers during use, so that they can see some poisonous content. This requires early prevention.

Adolescents' obsession with video game consoles is often easily associated with other bad behaviors. Some unscrupulous operators in the game machine hall are simply black smoke. The blackboard reads: "Four dark princes, three juniors, a box of Hilton awards; a box of 16 points to 100 points will be awarded to Ximei; a box of 10 yuan will be awarded A box of Ximei. "Often it can be seen that some teenagers cheerfully took over the boss's prize cigarettes and played the game console in excitement in the smoke.

Many middle school students spend money playing game consoles outside, and because of lack of money, they will steal, and use the stolen money to play game consoles. Some steal the money of parents at home, some steal the money of teachers or classmates, and some steal the money of others to sell money. There were two training students somewhere, in order to play a game console, they went together to steal bicycles, and the partnership that was further developed later robbed money.

Gambling hazard

Some people do not know enough about the dangers of gambling. Some people believe that "gambling is just entertainment, and most people can enjoy gambling without causing any problems." This understanding is extremely wrong. A large number of facts show that the masses, especially party and government cadres, impede the country's economic development and national rejuvenation, and even cause the party members and cadres to lose their communist beliefs. The masses have lost their confidence in the party and affected the party's governing status and national security. Rich and strong. Studies of gambling cases have shown that gambling has the following hazards:

First, bad party style. Gambling damages the Party's prestige and delays the Party's cause. Not only will it cause economic losses, it will also easily lead to corruption, misappropriation of public funds, and bribery and other various crimes.

Second, it is unpopular. Gambling corrupts the party's image, gamblers don't think about starting a business, participating in gambling party members and cadres do not seek development, they lose their advanced nature, and the masses lose confidence in the party, affecting the party's ruling status and the country's future and destiny.

Third, it is fatal. Winners go happily, regardless of day and night; those who lose money return desperately, regardless of hunger and cold; constant consumption, exhaustion. In the long run, uncontrollable and pathological gambling will inevitably harm health and even kill and kill people. Some elderly people were stimulated when gambling and died at the gaming table.

Fourth, greed. Gambling fosters the habit of gaining nothing, and over time it distort their outlook on life and values.

Fifth, off flesh. Gambling forgets hard work; forgets that parents and wives love each other, loses the joy of family, and turns into a sea of bitterness; only cares about their ostentatiousness, regardless of the family's resentment, causing the flesh to separate and the wife's ions scattered.

Sixth, things happened. Gambling is often all night long, and thieves often steal the plane; gas forgets to turn off, often resulting in fires and poisoning people. Even the gangster took the opportunity to make a plan, the bad guy peeped and thought that he was treacherous. Some use violence because of gambling. Some cause businesses to go bankrupt. Some have been jailed for criminal activities such as stealing because of lack of gambling funds.

Seventh, bad heart surgery. Once gambling, my heart will do everything possible to win the other party's money. Although it is gambling against relatives and friends, it must also secretly attack the enemy, just like the enemy, only pay for himself, no matter how others bankrupt.

Eighth, funeral behavior. In casinos, just asking for less money and more money is prone to bad psychological qualities such as misery, mischief, and speculation.

Ninth, lost tutoring. Gambling is most likely to induce father and son gambling, brother gambling, relatives gambling, there is no distinction between young and old, and ridicule each other at will, calling them casually.

Tenth, cost of money. At the beginning, he was magnificent, and spent a lot of money, and his face was not changed. Later, when he lost more, he was anxious, and he took family property, even collective property, and state property as bets.

Eleventh, it takes time. A lot of time is wasted, and some of them stay up all night, which seriously affects learning, work, life, and loss of fun.

Twelfth, ruin the future. Gambling is prohibited by law. Gambling violates the Criminal Law, the Regulations on Public Security Management Penalties, the Party's Disciplinary Regulations, the National Civil Servants Interim Regulations and local regulations. Violations will be punished and the future will be ruined.

A large number of facts show that the participation of the masses, especially party and government officials, in gambling is extremely harmful to the country, society, the family, and themselves.