There is a captivating story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall betting is against the law. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a generally tiny space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect location, a 3 to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai laborers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; although, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 17:00, and though visas are apparently required to cross, there are methods around this, as is true of many borders.
The original Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked ship gambling hall, highlights 150 slot machine games and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machines and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the common tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational resort and hotel building that features many conveniences aside from the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight tables.
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