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There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall betting is illegal. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a generally small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; however, funding sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are apparently necessary to cross, there are methods around this, as is correct of many border crossings.

The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau gambling den, highlights 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga casino 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 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slot machine games and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the familiar gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational vacation and hotel compound that contains a number of comforts in addition to the gambling den, which has ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight tables.