Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is not allowed. Eight gambling dens are based in a relatively small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of restrictions constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; still, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and though visas are allegedly required to cross, there are methods around this, as is true of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling hall, features 150 slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 one armed bandits and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive vacation and hotel compound that features many comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which contains ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.
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