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There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling den betting is not legal. Eight gambling dens are based in a generally tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect area, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, investment sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are for all intents and purposes required to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is real of most borders.

The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship casino, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga casino never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of 150 slot machines and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational resort and hotel compound that contains a number of amenities accompanying the gambling den, which contains 10,000 square feet of 130 slots and 88 gaming tables.