Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is not legal. Eight casinos are situated in a relatively tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect location, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and though visas are for all intents and purposes required to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of most border crossings.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machines and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six of the normal tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational vacation and hotel complex that contains numerous comforts accompanying the gambling den, which provides 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight table games.