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There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where gambling den gambling is prohibited. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect spot, a 3 to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a few controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and though visas are for all intents and purposes required to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is true of most border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling den, highlights 150 slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga casino never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are 150 one armed bandits and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred one armed bandits and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the normal table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around resort and hotel building that features a number of luxuries accompanying the gambling den, which has 10,000 square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight gaming tables.
December 8th, 2009
Janessa
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