There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling den wagering is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are situated in a generally tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a prime location, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few controls requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is real of most border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau gambling hall, highlights 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga gambling hall is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of blackjack, 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, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are 150 slots and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational resort and hotel compound that features a number of conveniences accompanying the gambling hall, which contains ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 table games.