There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is banned. Eight casinos are situated in a relatively small space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect area, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; although, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are supposedly necessary to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat gambling den, contains 150 slot machines and 60 gaming tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of 150 slot machine games and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slots and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel complex that contains numerous comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which houses 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight tables.
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