Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where casino wagering is not permitted. Eight gambling dens are based in a relatively small space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect area, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; although, funding sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are supposedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau gambling den, contains 150 slots and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are one hundred and fifty slot machine games and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slots and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational resort and hotel complex that features many comforts aside from the gambling den, which has 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight tables.