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There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where casino betting is illegal. Eight casinos are situated in a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect spot, a 3 to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing income gained from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; although, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 1700, and even though visas are supposedly required to cross, there are ways around this, as is true of most borders.

The original Cambodia gambling dens 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 stationary barge gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slots and sixty gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel complex that highlights a number of comforts aside from the gambling den, which offers 10,000 square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight tables.