Cambodia Gambling Halls
There is an appealing history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, in which casino betting is against the law. Eight gambling halls are based in a generally small location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect location, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; although, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 17:00, and although visas are allegedly necessary to cross, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.
The initial Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored ship casino, features one hundred and fifty slots and sixty gaming tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are one hundred and fifty slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international vacation and hotel complex that features a number of amenities in addition to the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and eighty eight gaming tables.