There is an appealing history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling den betting is illegal. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a relatively tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent destination, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, investment sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 17:00, and though visas are apparently needed to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau casino, contains one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight casinos in Poipet, also a part of 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 multinational resort and hotel compound that contains many conveniences in addition to the gambling den, which provides 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slot machines and eighty eight table games.