Cambodia Casinos
There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from neighboring Thailand, where casino gaming is not permitted. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; still, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and though visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is accurate of many borders.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls 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 moored bateau gambling den, contains 150 one armed bandits and sixty gaming tables. The Naga casino is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of 21, 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 the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machines and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around vacation and hotel building that features many comforts accompanying the casino, which provides 10,000 square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.