28
December
Written by Tristan.
Posted in: Casino
There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is banned. Eight gambling dens are established in a relatively small area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing income gained from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few restrictions constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 1700, and although visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are methods around this, as is true of most borders.
The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked ship gambling den, highlights 150 slot machine games and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the normal tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that contains a number of comforts accompanying the gambling den, which houses ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 gaming tables.
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