Cambodia Casinos
There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is against the law. Eight casinos are situated in a generally tiny space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect spot, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; still, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is real of many borders.
The first Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge casino, highlights 150 slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international vacation and hotel building that features a number of comforts on top of the casino, which offers 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slot machines and eighty eight gaming tables.