Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is banned. Eight casinos are established in a relatively tiny space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a prime spot, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few limitations requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; however, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are for all intents and purposes required to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau casino, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are one hundred and fifty slots and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six of the common tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational vacation and hotel complex that highlights many conveniences accompanying the gambling den, which has 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 tables.
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