Collection of judgments on acts of playing cards on Tet holiday in Vietnam

Here are some judgments on illegal gambling during the Tet holidays in Vietnam:

1. Judgment No. 21/2021/HS-ST on illegal gambling 

- Trial level: Instance

- Trial agency: People's Court of Sam Son City, Thanh Hoa Province

- An extract from the judgment: “At 18:40, February 16, 2021 (the 5th day of the Lunar New Year), the Sam Son City Police working group in collaboration with the Quang Chau ward police discovered and caught 6 persons at Nguyen Khac N’s house at Xuan Phuong, Quang Chau ward, Sam Son City, including: Nguyen Khac N, Nguyen Kha C, Le Xuan T, Vu Duy T, Nguyen Kha L and Hoang Van D are gambling using cards to play "three cards'' and lose money. Exhibits seized at the gmbling mat amounted to VND 5,500,000, 36 cards and 01 plastic mat. Seized in the body of the following subjects: Nguyen Khac N VND 1,370,000; Nguyen Kha C VND 5,730,000; Le Xuan T VND 340,000; Vu Duy T VND 1,200,000 and Hoang Van D VND 1,900,000. The defendants confessed that they went to each other's house and then invited each other to play cards.”

2. Judgment No. 49/2021/HSST dated June 23, 2021 on illegal gambling 

- Trial level: Instance

- Trial agency: People's Court of Bu Dang District, Binh Phuoc Province

- An extract from the judgment: “Around 11:00 on February 24, 2021, Nguyen Thi M1, Ho Van M, Nguyen Thi T1, Nguyen Thi Thien H and Vo Thi H1 invited each other to play "cat te" to win and lose with money at Mrs. Phan Thi Kim T's house. The casino played until about 12:00 on the same day T came home from work, saw everyone asking to play, T did not stop them but agreed for them to continue playing.”

3. Judgment No. 196/2022/HS-ST on illegal gambling and running gambling-dens

- Trial level: Instance

- Trial agency: People's Court of Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province

- An extract from the judgment: “In the afternoon of February 07, 2022 (which is the 7th day of the Lunar New Year), after going to dinner, if according to local customs, Nguyen Van T, Nguyen Cong N, Le Van L, Nguyen Huu Ng and Hoang Ngoc M came to Nguyen Huu Ch's house is a neighbor who plays Tet. While having a drink, the whole group invited each other to play cards for money and was approved by Ch. The group went down to the Ch family's locker room and found a mat and an old 52-card deck of cards. The whole group agreed to gamble in the form of 3 cards to get money. The group played for about 1 hour, when the Working Group discovered and caught it.”

4. Judgment No. 317/2020/HSPT on illegal gambling

- Trial level: Appellate

- Trial agency: People's Court of Dak Lak Province

- An extract from the judgment: “Around 19:00 on January 29, 2020, Truong Dinh V went to Nguyen Thi Anh T2's house in G commune, K district to wish Tet. After wishing Tet, T2 invited V to play poker by money, V agreed; T2 took out a mat and spread it out in front of the house, then took 02 decks of 52 cards and 01 porcelain plate; at this time, Phan Thi T3, Tran Thi N1 also came to T2's house to play, so all four people sat and played poker by money. At about 20:00 on the same day, in turn, subjects Le Minh D, Le Thi Thu H2 (D's wife), Nguyen Ba T4, Ho Thi Mai H3, Phan Van N and Van Thi L came to gamble with T2, V, T3, N1. At 21:30 on the same day, he was caught by the Krong Nang District Police.”

5. Judgment No. 31/2021/HSST dated July 08, 2021 on illegal gambling 

- Trial level: Instance

- Trial agency: People's Court of Sam Son City, Thanh Hoa Province

- An extract from the judgment: “At about 19:30 on February 12, 2021 (the first day of the Tan Suu Lunar New Year), Hoang Quang N, Do Van D, Do Van N arrived at Do Van H's house in Dai Truc residential group, Q ward, Sam Son city to wish Tet. While everyone was drinking water, someone (who is unknown) said "on Tet, you guys do a few games of dice to play for fun" (ie gambling for money in the form of dice), they all agreed. While the subjects were gambling, the police force of Q Ward caught them red-handed, at this time Do Van D, Do Van H (homeowner), Le Ngoc D, Le Dinh P, Do Van H and Do Van N ran away.”

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Key word: gambling | illegal gambling | Criminal Code of Vietnam | Tet in Vietnam | play cards | tu lo kho |

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