There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from next door Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is not allowed. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a relatively small area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a prime location, a 3 to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; still, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 1700, and although visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the common table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive vacation and hotel building that features numerous luxuries in addition to the gambling hall, which has 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 gaming tables.
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