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There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where gambling den wagering is illegal. Eight casinos are based in a relatively tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming 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 capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; still, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and even though visas are supposedly necessary to cross, there are means around this, as is accurate of most borders.

The initial Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling den, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga river boat never closes with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that highlights numerous amenities on top of the gambling den, which offers ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 table games.