Cambodia Casinos
There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is not legal. Eight gambling dens are established in a relatively small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect destination, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing income accrued from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat casino, contains one hundred and fifty slots and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive vacation and hotel compound that contains numerous luxuries on top of the gambling den, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.