There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where casino wagering is not allowed. Eight casinos are anchored in a generally tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect area, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of controls constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; however, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 17:00, and though visas are allegedly required to cross, there are methods around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are 150 one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the common tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around resort and hotel building that features a number of luxuries in addition to the gambling den, which contains 10,000 square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.