Cambodia Gambling Halls
There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where casino wagering is not legal. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally small location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect destination, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 17:00, and though visas are apparently required to cross, there are ways around this, as is true of most borders.
The 1st Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau gambling den, features 150 one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of 150 slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the normal table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive resort and hotel compound that features numerous conveniences accompanying the gambling den, which provides ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and 88 table games.
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