There is a captivating story to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where casino betting is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are based in a generally small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent destination, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The phenomenal capital accrued from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; however, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and though visas are supposedly needed to pass, there are methods around this, as is accurate of many borders.
The first Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau gambling hall, contains 150 slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machines and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the normal table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational vacation and hotel complex that highlights numerous comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight tables.