There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which casino gambling is banned. Eight gambling halls are situated in a generally tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a prime location, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal capital gained from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; although, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is accurate of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored ship casino, highlights one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga river boat is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and sixty six of the normal table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international vacation and hotel complex that features a number of amenities aside from the gambling hall, which offers 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight tables.