There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall gaming is banned. Eight casinos are established in a generally small space 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 biggest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, financial sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and although visas are allegedly needed to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of many borders.
The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked boat gambling hall, highlights 150 one armed bandits and 60 tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are 150 slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive vacation and hotel complex that highlights many comforts in addition to the gambling den, which houses 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 tables.