Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, where casino wagering is prohibited. Eight casinos are anchored in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime area, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and although visas are supposedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored barge gambling den, features one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 60 table games. The Naga river boat is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machines and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the familiar tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational vacation and hotel building that contains many conveniences accompanying the casino, which offers ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machines and 88 tables.
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