房卡类网络棋牌游戏刑事责任及边界

棋牌文化属于民俗文化,源远流长。移动互联网的深度应用创新了传统棋牌游戏,促使棋牌游戏网络化。早期的网络棋牌游戏通常只能实现陌生玩家随机匹配的功能,随着移动互联网和通讯群组的发展,熟人线上组局进行棋牌游戏也成为可能。近年来,基于用户需求而开发的房卡类网络棋牌游戏上线并在短时间内呈现燎原般发展势头。与此同时,房卡模式涉赌案件进入司法机关视野,且具有多发、频发势头。为培育社会主义核心价值观和治理网络犯罪,亟须对房卡类网络棋牌游戏进行刑法学评价,剖析其涉赌模式及其他刑事责任风险。根据犯罪构成理论,需要区分“真房卡”模式和“伪房卡”模式。对前者应坚持以出罪为原则,以入罪为例外,对后者应入罪化,且罪名宜为开设赌场罪。

Criminal Responsibility and Boundary of Online Chess and Card Games

As a part of folk culture,Chinese chess and card culture has a long history.The in-depth application of mobile Internet innovates the traditional chess and card games and makes them network.The early online chess and card games can only achieve the function of random matching of unfamiliar players.With the development of mobile Internet and communication groups,it is possible for acquaintances to form online chess and card games.In recent years,online chess and card games developed based on the needs of users have shown a prairie fire development momentum in a short time.At the same time,the gambling cases involving the room card mode have entered the vision of the judicial organs,and have a tendency of frequent occurrence.In order to cultivate the socialist core values and control the network crime,it is urgent to conduct the criminal jurisprudence evaluation on the online chess and card games,and analyze their gambling modes and other criminal liability risks.According to the crime constitution theory,it is necessary to distinguish the mode of “real room card” and “fake room card”.The former should adhere to the principle of making a crime,with the exception of incrimination;while the latter should be criminalized,and the crime should be the crime of opening a casino.