Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just across the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where gambling den wagering is illegal. Eight gambling halls are based in a generally tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent spot, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and tourists 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 dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are supposedly required to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling hall, highlights 150 slots and 60 tables. The Naga river boat never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are 150 slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational vacation and hotel building that features numerous conveniences aside from the gambling den, which contains 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight tables.
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