Archives - March, 2016



8 Mar 16

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There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia casinos that lie just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which gambling den betting is against the law. Eight casinos are based in a generally small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the gambling halls 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 assumed to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are supposedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is accurate of most borders.

The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 60 table games. The Naga casino is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are one hundred and fifty slots and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the familiar gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive vacation and hotel building that contains many amenities on top of the casino, which contains ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.







1 Mar 16

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Botswana is one of Africa’s success stories; a region of contrasted natural habitats, generous supplies, also a quick-advancing tourist area, enticed by its proximity to South Africa and also by its appealing game reserves and national parks. Botswana casinos are a advancing sector of the economy, and casinos have developed in several cities in the country, like the capital, Gaborone, and the northern capital, Francis Town. Accordingly, the Botswana government has taken gigantic processes to assure that the cultivation of Botswana casinos continues in line with the arising amounts of overseas travelers.

Francis Town is the gigantic city in northern Botswana and also home to 2 casinos, the Marang Hotel, as well as the Admiral at the Thapama Hotel. The city was the site of southern Africa’s beginning "gold rush" in the midst of nineteenth century, which appealed to people from across the world in search of their fortune. Unfortunately for them, the gold proved difficult and highly priced to mine, and many of the mining operations fell into disuse, still a handful remain. At the moment, the casinos of Francis Town give individuals with the opportunity to strike it rich; there is still gold here, if you are definitely successful enough to find it!

Apart from Francis Town, the other leading center for Botswana casinos is the capital, Gaborone. This is home to Botswana’s greatest casinos, the Grand Palm Hotel Casino Resort, which has seventeen table games and above 250 slots and video gaming machines, the Gaborone Sun Casino, which is the oldest and most considerable casino in Botswana, as well as a brand-new development at the Gaborone Hotel. Thus, the capital is making a bid to attract quite a few of the games business away from its northern opponent, and make itself a eminent destination for foreign travelers on the way to the national parks of Chobe and Okavango in the north of Botswana, which are the country’s best tourist enticement right now.

Africans enjoy gambling, and Botswana casinos are arranged to charm locals and gamblers from abroad. Knowing this, the government has been mindful not to exhaust the Botswana casino industry with rules and barricades, although the industry has obviously thoroughly been analyzed to guarantee that it holds the maximum means of virtue. Hence, the Botswana casino sector goes on to expand to meet the interest of tourists from everywhere, eager to collect their fortune, like the prospectors of old.