There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall wagering is not legal. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a generally tiny space in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect destination, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of controls constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and though visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is real of many borders.
The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge gambling den, features 150 slot machines and 60 table games. The Naga river boat is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino 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 slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred one armed bandits and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven 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 slot machines and sixty six of the common tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive vacation and hotel compound that contains many amenities accompanying the gambling hall, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.
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