Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just across the border from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall wagering is not allowed. Eight casinos are situated in a generally small space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect spot, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; however, financial sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and although visas are supposedly required to pass, there are ways around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machines and 60 table games. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel compound that contains a number of conveniences accompanying the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight table games.