Cambodia Gambling Dens
There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the national boundaries from neighboring Thailand, where gambling establishment wagering is illegal. Eight gambling establishments are situated in the fairly small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This area of Cambodia casinos is inside a perfect spot, a three to four drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a successful business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only extremely few Westerners. The extraordinary income acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven dollars.5 million to over 12 million, and there are few constraints or registration prerequisites for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be largely Thai; on the other hand, investment sources are vague. The borders are officially open from nine a.m. to five p.m., and though visas are allegedly needed to cross, you will find ways around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling establishments opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, except were pushed to close in 98, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a fixed boat casino, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty table games. The Naga gambling establishment is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of pontoon, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are 150 slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty-eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Betting house and Resort functions 300 slot machines and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Betting house, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty-six slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most well-liked game), Fan Tan, and Pai-gow. Furthermore, there may be the Gambling den Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty-six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Gambling den Stud Poker. One more one of the eight casinos in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Gambling den with 166 slots and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Gambling den is part of an international resort and hotel complex that attributes a number of amenities also to the casino, which has ten thousand sqft of one hundred thirty slot machine games and eighty eight table games.
Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one gambling den, the Gambling den O Samet, with 100 slots and fifty tables of baccarat chemin de fer. Moreover, the Koh Kong Casino, in the province of Trat, is open everyday from nine a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with a hundred slot machine games and four table games. A smaller casino, Le Macau Casino and Hotel, opened not too long ago at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.