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There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which gambling hall gambling is illegal. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a generally tiny space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent location, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; although, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 17:00, and even though visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is correct of most border crossings.
The first Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty slots and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also 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 comprehensive vacation and hotel building that contains numerous comforts on top of the gambling den, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 gaming tables.
