There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where casino wagering is not allowed. Eight gambling dens are based in a relatively tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent area, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; however, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are allegedly required to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge casino, contains one hundred and fifty slots and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 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 quickly opened. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and 96 table games, including 87 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel complex that features numerous amenities on top of the casino, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 table games.
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