Legal analysis: if it is illegal, it will generally be subject to administrative punishment. If it is serious, it will constitute a crime of gambling and bear criminal responsibility. Gambling debts are not protected by law and are generally difficult to recover. The parties are also criminal suspects who gather people to gamble, and they can collect evidence and call the police. If the parties can actively report others' gambling, the public security organ will give a lighter punishment according to the specific circumstances.

Legal basis: Article 303 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Whoever gathers people to gamble or engage in gambling business shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined. Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.