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There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where gambling den betting is against the law. Eight casinos are based in a generally tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent destination, a 3 to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; however, financial sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and although visas are for all intents and purposes needed to pass, there are means around this, as is true of many borders.

The 1st Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge casino, features 150 slot machine games and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of blackjack, ten 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 quickly opened. There are one hundred and fifty slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the normal table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that contains many amenities aside from the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 gaming tables.