There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which casino wagering is illegal. Eight gambling halls are based in a generally tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few limitations requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are supposedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is accurate of many border crossings.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge gambling hall, highlights 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are 150 slot machines and 5 tables 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 features three hundred one armed bandits and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel compound that highlights many amenities accompanying the gambling den, which houses ten thousand square feet of 130 slots and eighty eight tables.