Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is a captivating history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, in which gambling den betting is illegal. Eight gambling dens are based in a relatively tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of controls constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 1700, and though visas are supposedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The initial Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored ship gambling den, highlights one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga gambling den is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are 150 slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the common tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational resort and hotel compound that features a number of conveniences aside from the casino, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.