There is a captivating background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den gaming is illegal. Eight gambling dens are based in a relatively small area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent location, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of controls constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; however, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and though visas are apparently needed to pass, there are methods around this, as is accurate of most border crossings.
The first Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling den, highlights 150 slot machine games and sixty tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of 150 slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred one armed bandits and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel complex that highlights many comforts on top of the casino, which contains 10,000 square feet of 130 slots and 88 gaming tables.