There is a captivating story to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which casino wagering is banned. Eight gambling halls are based in a relatively small location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent destination, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few limitations constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling den, contains 150 slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga river boat is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of 150 slot machines and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and 66 of the familiar gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around resort and hotel building that highlights a number of luxuries accompanying the casino, which contains 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 gaming tables.