Cambodia Casinos
There is a captivating background to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, where casino gambling is not allowed. Eight casinos are situated in a relatively small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent area, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of controls requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; however, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and although visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary bateau casino, highlights 150 one armed bandits and sixty gaming tables. The Naga river boat never closes with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, 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. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around resort and hotel building that features many conveniences aside from the gambling den, which contains ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight table games.