There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall betting is not permitted. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively small area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime location, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; although, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and although visas are apparently necessary to cross, there are methods around this, as is correct of many borders.
The 1st Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary ship gambling hall, highlights 150 one armed bandits and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. There are one hundred and fifty slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and sixty six of the normal tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight casinos in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational resort and hotel complex that features numerous conveniences accompanying the casino, which contains ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 table games.
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