There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, where gambling hall betting is against the law. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent location, a 3 to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of restrictions constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be largely Thai; still, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 1700, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes needed to pass, there are means around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 one armed bandits and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty six of the normal gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that highlights many comforts aside from the casino, which provides ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.