If the crime of gambling is left in the City of Bukittinggi and the City of Payakumbuh, then it is not impossible that this future will be bleak because of the mentality of the Indonesian people, especially the younger generation will be dilapidated, even all their behavior will tend to commit crime. The formulation of the problem in this study is whether the causes of gambling crime in the jurisdiction of Bukittinggi District Police and Payakumbuh City Police ?, Are the obstacles in countering the crime of gambling by the Bukittinggi Police investigator and Payakumbuh Police investigator? and the Payakumbuh Police investigator ?, the method used in this research is empirical juridical. The results showed that the causes of gambling crime in the Legal Area of Bukittinggi City Police and Payakumbuh were not only those who belonged to the "haves" group, but from the people who lacked economic conditions, lack of public understanding of religious teachings, and environmental conditions. get used to or at least invite the public to do gambling. Secondly, the obstacles encountered in countering gambling crime by the Bukittinggi City Police investigator and Payakumbuh City are limited by law enforcement officers, especially investigators, lack of facilities and infrastructure in operational costs, non-permanent gambling, some people do not want to be witnesses, lack of awareness the community and the involvement of police officers who became back-up gambling. Third, efforts to tackle the crime of gambling by the Bukittinggi City Police investigator and Payakumbuh City are carried out in a preventive and repressive manner.