Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an interesting story to the Cambodia casinos that lie just across the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where casino gambling is banned. Eight gambling halls are based in a generally tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime location, a 3 to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of restrictions constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; still, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and although visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is accurate of most border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary ship gambling den, features 150 slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of 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 a comprehensive resort and hotel complex that features many conveniences accompanying the gambling hall, which offers ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 tables.