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The article deals with the problematic aspects of the criminal proceeding start on the facts of illegal gambling. The article deals with the peculiarities of the beginning of criminal proceeding in case of detection by investigator or prosecutor information that suggest about illegal gambling, and in the case of application (message) about committing therein gambling. Applications for committing this crime are often served by «nominal» organizer of gambling, gambling workers and ordinary citizens who accidentally found evidence of gambling. Sometimes these claims are presented by players or members of their families. Self-identifying information about a crime by investigator or prosecutor is in the result of their direct action (in the case of the investigation other crimes by them), in the result of search operations or from other sources (media, post on the Internet, ads, etc).

Keywords: gambling, gambling game, start criminal proceedings, pre-trial investigation, an application for a criminal offense.