Cambodia Casinos
There is an captivating background to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den wagering is not allowed. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a relatively tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect area, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are few restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; still, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are supposedly needed to cross, there are means around this, as is correct of most border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling den, highlights 150 slots and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundres and four one armed bandits and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machine games and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the normal table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a inn, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in multinational resort and hotel building that highlights many comforts accompanying the gambling hall, which houses 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and eighty eight tables.
