Cambodia Casinos
There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall gambling is not allowed. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime destination, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai laborers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing income accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; although, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 17:00, and even though visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored ship gambling den, features 150 slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of 21, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around vacation and hotel compound that features many amenities on top of the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slots and 88 table games.
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