There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from neighboring Thailand, in which casino wagering is illegal. Eight casinos are anchored in a generally small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect area, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and visitors 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 dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; however, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are supposedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is true of most borders.
The first Cambodia gambling dens opened 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 stationary bateau gambling den, features 150 slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga river boat is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machines and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel building that features numerous comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which contains ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight tables.
August 31st, 2015
Elliana
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