Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from next door Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are based in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect spot, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal income gained from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 1700, and even though visas are supposedly required to cross, there are means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau casino, highlights 150 slot machine games and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machine games and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational vacation and hotel building that features a number of conveniences aside from the casino, which provides 10,000 square feet of 130 slots and 88 gaming tables.
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