微信群聊赌博刑事案件的法理解析

A Jurisprudential Analysis of the Criminal Case of Gambling through WeChat Group Chat

大数据显示,利用微信群聊赌博行为通常被认定为重罪即开设赌场罪而非轻罪即赌博罪,这种以重罪化震慑潜在犯罪人的裁判倾向是受预防性刑法观影响的结果。预防刑法对激活刑事立法的犯罪治理功能具有重要指导作用,但在刑事司法中却不可恣意扩张。有关开设赌场罪的最高人民法院第105号和第106号指导性案例指示了控制性和持续性要素,但并未明确阐释具体认定规则。利用微信群聊赌博行为构成开设赌场罪的,应符合类型化的标准,即行为人建立微信群的营利性、行为人对微信群的支配性和微信群的开放性。

Big data shows that gambling through WeChat group chat is usually recognized as a felony for opening a casino rather than a misdemeanor for participating in gambling,and that this tendency to deter potential criminals with serious penalty is the result of the concept of preventive criminal law.Preventive criminal law plays an important guiding role in activating the crime governance function of criminal legislation,but it can not be expanded arbitrarily in criminal justice.The guiding cases No.105 and 106 of the Supreme People’s Court on the crime of opening casinos indicate the elements of control and continuity,but do not clearly explain the specific identification rules.If the gambling behavior of using WeChat group chat constitutes the crime of opening a casino,it should meet the typed standard,that is,the profit of the actor to establish the WeChat group,the dominance of the actor to the WeChat group and the openness of the WeChat group.