There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall betting is not allowed. Eight gambling halls are situated in a generally tiny space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent area, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a number of restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and despite the fact visas are for all intents and purposes needed to pass, there are means around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat gambling hall, highlights 150 slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (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 normal tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international vacation and hotel compound that highlights numerous comforts accompanying the gambling hall, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and 88 tables.