Cambodia Gambling Halls
There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which casino gaming is banned. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent area, a 3 to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a few limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; however, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and though visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are methods around this, as is real of most border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling dens 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 stationary bateau gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 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 followed. A total of 150 slots and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machines and 70 table games 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 beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel complex that contains many conveniences on top of the gambling den, which contains ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight tables.