There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the border from next door Thailand, in which gambling den betting is prohibited. Eight casinos are anchored in a generally tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent area, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; although, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and although visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary bateau gambling hall, highlights 150 slots and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are 150 one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and sixty six of the familiar tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight casinos in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around vacation and hotel compound that highlights many amenities aside from the gambling den, which provides 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and eighty eight tables.
