There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which gambling den gaming is banned. Eight gambling halls are based in a relatively small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect location, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; although, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is correct of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat gambling den, features 150 slots and 60 gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table 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 soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machines and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including 87 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational vacation and hotel complex that highlights numerous luxuries on top of the casino, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and 88 table games.
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