Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an appealing history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is against the law. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively tiny space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect destination, a 3 to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal capital accrued from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 1700, and despite the fact visas are apparently needed to cross, there are methods around this, as is true of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge gambling den, contains 150 slot machine games and 60 gaming tables. The Naga casino is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are 150 slot machine games and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred one armed bandits and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat (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 a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that features numerous conveniences in addition to the gambling den, which has 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 tables.
