Cambodia Gambling Halls
There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, in which casino gaming is illegal. Eight casinos are situated in a generally tiny space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing income accrued from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and even though visas are supposedly needed to pass, there are ways around this, as is real of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked ship casino, features one hundred and fifty slot machines and 60 tables. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty slots and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the common tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international vacation and hotel complex that features many comforts accompanying the gambling den, which houses 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.
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