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There is an appealing background to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which casino wagering is banned. Eight gambling dens are established in a relatively tiny area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent destination, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of restrictions constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to cross, there are methods around this, as is correct of many border crossings.

The initial Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau casino, features 150 slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty six of the common tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive vacation and hotel building that features numerous luxuries on top of the gambling hall, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 gaming tables.