There is an interesting history to the Cambodia casinos that reside just across the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is against the law. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a relatively small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect destination, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The phenomenal capital accrued from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are means around this, as is true of most borders.
The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat casino, contains 150 one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational resort and hotel compound that highlights many amenities on top of the gambling hall, which has 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight table games.