There is an fascinating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is not legal. Eight casinos are established in a relatively tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are couple of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and despite the fact visas are for all intents and purposes needed to pass, there are means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat casino, features one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga casino is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the common tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive vacation and hotel compound that contains numerous amenities accompanying the casino, which contains 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 gaming tables.
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