Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia casinos that lie just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where gambling den betting is illegal. Eight gambling halls are established in a generally small area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are allegedly required to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is correct of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered 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, a stationary boat gambling den, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machines and 60 table games. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational vacation and hotel complex that features many conveniences aside from the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.