Legal analysis: If it is not illegal just to play games, it is illegal once gambling is involved. 1. If it is not a slot machine or the like, it does not constitute a crime of gambling and does not need to bear corresponding criminal liability. However, if it is a slot machine or the like, it is a gambling act and one must bear criminal liability for the crime of gambling. 2. Go to the local Cultural Bureau and Public Security Bureau Special Branch (Public Security Section) to apply for approval, then go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to apply for a business license, and then go to the Taxation Bureau to apply for tax registration. Before opening, you have to go to the Fire Department of the Public Security Bureau to apply for a fire protection certificate. This way you can basically start business. 3. The illegal points of opening a game arcade are: it is illegal to allow minors to come in and out at will (Minor Protection Act), it is illegal to involve gambling (fishing machines and the like), it is illegal to abuse smuggled game machines and unapproved games, and it is illegal to not pay taxes. Illegal.

Legal basis: "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 303 Whoever gathers people to gamble or engages in gambling for the purpose of profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance. , and impose a fine.

Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or 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 and not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined.

Article 70 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishments": Anyone who provides conditions for gambling for the purpose of profit, or who participates in gambling with a relatively large amount of money, shall be detained for not more than five days or be fined for not more than five days. A fine of not more than 100 yuan shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and shall also be fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan.