There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling hall betting is not permitted. Eight gambling halls are based in a generally tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent destination, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few limitations requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and though visas are for all intents and purposes required to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling hall, features 150 slots and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table 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 soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machines and 70 tables 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 dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel complex that contains a number of comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.