There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which gambling hall gaming is illegal. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect spot, a 3 to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting 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 couple of Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of restrictions constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; however, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is real of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau casino, contains 150 one armed bandits and 60 table games. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 slot machines and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international resort and hotel building that features a number of comforts accompanying the casino, which offers 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.
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