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There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from next door Thailand, in which casino gambling is illegal. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a generally tiny space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime location, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular wagering centers 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 amazing income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; however, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and though visas are apparently necessary to cross, there are means around this, as is true of most border crossings.

The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge casino, features one hundred and fifty slots and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machine games and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including 87 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel building that highlights many amenities in addition to the gambling den, which contains ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 gaming tables.