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There is an appealing background to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling den wagering is not legal. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a generally small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a prime location, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and although visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is real of most borders.

The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau casino, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again 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 part of an all-around resort and hotel complex that contains many conveniences in addition to the gambling hall, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight table games.