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There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, where casino wagering is banned. Eight gambling halls are established in a relatively tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a prime spot, a 3 to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a few controls constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; still, financial sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and though visas are apparently required to pass, there are means around this, as is accurate of most border crossings.

The original Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau casino, contains one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 slot machines and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that contains many luxuries aside from the gambling den, which offers ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and 88 gaming tables.