There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is not allowed. Eight casinos are anchored in a generally tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent destination, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gambling 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 income acquired from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; although, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is real of most borders.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slots and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and 66 of the common tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that features a number of comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which offers 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 gaming tables.