Several aspects of the efficiency of counteraction to the illegal organization and conducting of gambling in the Russian Federation

The evolution of the legal ban of the illegal gambling in Russia is considered in this article. The author analyzes the standards of the administrative and criminal legislation of the Russian Federation fixing the corresponding form of the responsibility for the organization and (or) conducting of gambling. Special attention is paid to the analysis of punishability of the crime provided p.1 by Art. 171.2 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation and Art. 14.1.1 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences. The toughening of the state assessment of illegal activity in the sphere of gambling, according to the results of conducted analysis, has led to a decrease in efficiency of the state counteraction to illegal gambling.