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There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den wagering is not allowed. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect location, a three to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The phenomenal income gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 1700, and despite the fact visas are supposedly needed to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of many border crossings.

The 1st Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat casino, features one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel complex that features a number of conveniences in addition to the gambling den, which contains ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 tables.