Cambodia Casinos
There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is against the law. Eight casinos are situated in a generally small location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent spot, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 1700, and though visas are allegedly needed to pass, there are means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked boat gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machines and 60 gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six of the familiar tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational resort and hotel building that highlights many conveniences aside from the gambling hall, which contains ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.