There is certainly an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling den wagering is illegal. Eight gambling dens are located in the fairly tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This area of Cambodia gambling establishments is inside a prime location, a 3 to 4 drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering centres in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a booming business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal income gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.five million to over 12 million, and there are couple of constraints or registration prerequisites for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to five p.m., and though visas are purportedly needed to cross, you will find techniques to circumspect this, as is true of most border crossings.

The initial Cambodia gambling establishments opened in Phnom Penh in ninety-four, but were compelled to close in 98, leaving only one betting house in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling den, functions 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den is open twenty four hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Paigow poker and Tai-Sai.

The 1st gambling establishment in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ‘99 and the Golden Crown soon followed. You will discover 150 slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and a hundred and four slot machine games and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort attributes three hundred slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and ninety-six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most popular casino game), Fan Tan, and Double-hand. In addition, there may be the Gambling den Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty-six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Gambling establishment Stud Poker. Another one of the eight bettings houses in Poipet, also in the hotel, could be the Princess Betting house with one hundred and sixty-six slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international resort and hotel complex that characteristics many amenities moreover to the betting house, which has 10,000 sqft of 130 slot machine games and eighty-eight table games.

Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one gambling establishment, the Betting house O Samet, with one hundred slots and fifty tables of baccarat chemin de fer. In addition, the Koh Kong Gambling establishment, in the province of Trat, is open every day from 9:00 a.m. to ten p.m., with a hundred slot machine games and 4 table games. A smaller casino, Le Macau Casino and Hotel, opened recently at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.