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Article 186Habitual Gambling; Running a Gambling Place for the Purpose of Gain

第百八十六条(常習賭博及び賭博場開張等図利)

A person who habitually gambles is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less.

常習として賭博をした者は、三年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

A person who, for the purpose of profit, runs a place for gambling or organizes a group of habitual gamblers is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 5 years or less.

賭博場を開張し、又は博徒を結合して利益を図った者は、三月以上五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

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