There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the border from neighboring Thailand, where casino gaming is not allowed. Eight gambling halls are established in a generally small area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect destination, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; however, financial sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are supposedly required to cross, there are ways around this, as is accurate of most borders.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are 150 slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slots and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel compound that features numerous conveniences on top of the gambling hall, which contains 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight gaming tables.