Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is banned. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent spot, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, investment sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are allegedly necessary to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of many borders.
The 1st Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau casino, contains 150 slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slot machine games and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive resort and hotel complex that features a number of amenities in addition to the gambling den, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slots and 88 table games.