There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, where casino gaming is illegal. Eight gambling halls are established in a relatively tiny space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect location, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be largely Thai; however, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 17:00, and although visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is correct of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge casino, contains 150 slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 slot machines and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel building that highlights numerous conveniences accompanying the gambling den, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 gaming tables.
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