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There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where casino gambling is prohibited. Eight casinos are situated in a generally small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect location, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; although, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 1700, and though visas are allegedly needed to pass, there are means around this, as is correct of most border crossings.
The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau gambling den, highlights 150 slot machines and sixty gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of 150 slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slots and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games 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 slot machines and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that features many comforts accompanying the gambling hall, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machines and 88 gaming tables.
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