There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which gambling den gaming is not allowed. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent location, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are means around this, as is true of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat gambling den, features one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and sixty gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that contains many amenities in addition to the gambling hall, which houses ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.