There is an interesting story to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where casino betting is not permitted. Eight gambling halls are based in a relatively small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent destination, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and though visas are supposedly necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored boat gambling den, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six 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 hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international vacation and hotel building that contains many comforts in addition to the gambling den, which houses 10,000 square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.