2010
04.13

Cambodia Betting Halls

[ English ]

There is an appealing background to the Cambodia bettings houses that lie just across the national boundaries from neighboring Thailand, where casino gambling is illegal. 8 bettings houses are positioned in the fairly tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling establishments is in a perfect spot, a 3 to 4 drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest betting centres in Asia. Cambodia gambling establishments do a flourishing business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only extremely couple of Westerners. The phenomenal earnings gained from the casinos ranges from seven dollars.5 million to over twelve point five million, and there are few constraints or registration prerequisites for betting house ownership. Ownership is assumed to be largely Thai; nonetheless, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact that visas are apparently necessary to cross, you’ll find techniques around this, as is true of the majority of border crossings.

The very first Cambodia bettings houses opened in Phnom Penh in ninety-four, except were pressured to close in 98, leaving only one betting house in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a fixed boat gambling den, functions a hundred and fifty slots and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open round the clock with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of pontoon, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai gow and Tai-Sai.

The very first betting house in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. You will discover a hundred and fifty slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and a hundred and four slot machines and sixty-eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Betting house, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most well-known game), Fan Tan, and Double-hand. Additionally, there could be the Gambling den Tropicana, with a hundred and thirty five slot machines and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, will be the Princess Gambling den with one hundred and sixty-six slot machine games and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Gambling establishment is part of an international resort and hotel complex that attributes many amenities in addition to the gambling den, which has 10,000 sqft of a hundred thirty slot machine games and 88 table games.

Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one casino, the Betting house O Samet, with 100 slot machines and 50 tables of baccarat. Additionally, the Koh Kong Casino, in the province of Trat, is open daily from nine a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with 100 slot machine games and 4 table games. A smaller casino, Le Macau Casino and Hotel, opened not too long ago at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.