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February
Written by Yaritza.
Posted in: Casino
There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is not legal. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect location, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; although, financial sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are supposedly required to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary bateau gambling hall, features 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of 150 slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slots and seventy gaming 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 87 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel complex that features a number of comforts on top of the gambling hall, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight tables.
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