There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling den wagering is banned. Eight gambling halls are established in a generally tiny area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a prime spot, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing income gained from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few controls constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; however, financing sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and despite the fact visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is true of many borders.
The first Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge gambling den, features 150 slot machine games and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of 21, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of 150 slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and seventy gaming 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 (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight casinos in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive vacation and hotel compound that highlights many amenities accompanying the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of 130 slots and eighty eight table games.
