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There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia casinos that lie just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is against the law. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively tiny area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime destination, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 1700, and although visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of most borders.

The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge casino, contains one hundred and fifty slots and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the normal table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel building that contains a number of amenities in addition to the gambling den, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 tables.