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Cambodia Casinos
There is an appealing background to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is banned. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a number of restrictions requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; although, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are supposedly needed to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of many borders.
The first Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat casino, highlights 150 one armed bandits and sixty gaming tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of 150 slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slot machines and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational vacation and hotel compound that contains numerous comforts accompanying the gambling den, which provides 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.