There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are established in a relatively tiny area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal income acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are supposedly required to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is correct of many border crossings.
The 1st 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, a moored ship casino, features one hundred and fifty slots and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around resort and hotel compound that contains numerous comforts aside from the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machines and 88 gaming tables.