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There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which casino wagering is banned. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively small space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent location, a 3 to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital accrued from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be largely Thai; however, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 17:00, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to cross, there are means around this, as is accurate of most border crossings.

The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau casino, highlights 150 slot machines and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 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 gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are 150 slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machine games and 70 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 popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel building that contains many amenities on top of the gambling hall, which has 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 table games.