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There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where casino betting is not legal. Eight casinos are situated in a generally small area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent area, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; still, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 17:00, and even though visas are allegedly required to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of many border crossings.

The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored barge casino, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The 1st 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 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (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 common table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive vacation and hotel building that highlights a number of amenities in addition to the gambling den, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 gaming tables.