Cambodia Casinos
There is a captivating background to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which casino gambling is illegal. Eight casinos are situated in a generally small space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime destination, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal income gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are apparently required to pass, there are means around this, as is true of many borders.
The 1st Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau gambling hall, contains 150 one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are 150 slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel building that highlights numerous amenities on top of the casino, which offers 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.