There is a captivating story to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, where casino gaming is not legal. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally small space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent area, a 3 to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; although, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 1700, and even though visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling den, contains 150 one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slots and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the normal tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international vacation and hotel complex that features many conveniences on top of the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machines and eighty eight gaming tables.
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