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There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the dividing line from next door Thailand, where casino gambling is prohibited. Eight casinos are anchored in a generally small area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime location, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a number of controls constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and although visas are apparently needed to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is real of most borders.

The 1st Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling hall, features 150 slot machines and 60 tables. The Naga river boat never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two 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 quickly followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slots and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (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 normal gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel compound that contains a number of amenities in addition to the gambling den, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight table games.