Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an appealing background to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which casino gambling is prohibited. Eight gambling halls are based in a relatively tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime destination, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a number of limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, financing sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are supposedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is true of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge casino, contains 150 slots and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of 150 slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and sixty six of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational resort and hotel complex that features a number of amenities on top of the gambling den, which contains 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machine games and 88 table games.