There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just across the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which casino wagering is illegal. Eight casinos are established in a generally small location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime destination, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai laborers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes required to pass, there are ways around this, as is real of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau gambling hall, features 150 slot machines and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are one hundred and fifty slots and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the familiar gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel compound that features numerous amenities accompanying the gambling hall, which houses ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.
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