There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall gambling is against the law. Eight casinos are based in a relatively small space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect location, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai laborers and travelers 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 more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, financial sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and even though visas are supposedly required to cross, there are methods around this, as is accurate of many borders.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge casino, features 150 slot machines and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machines and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and sixty six of the normal gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel complex that highlights a number of amenities accompanying the gambling hall, which offers 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight gaming tables.