Cambodia Casinos
There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where casino wagering is not legal. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime spot, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few restrictions constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; however, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau gambling den, features 150 slots and sixty gaming tables. The Naga river boat never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 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. There are one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slots and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive vacation and hotel building that features many luxuries in addition to the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.