There is an interesting story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the border from nearby Thailand, in which casino gaming is not permitted. Eight gambling dens are situated in a relatively tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect area, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few controls constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; still, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and although visas are apparently required to cross, there are means around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving only a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling den, highlights one hundred and fifty slots and sixty table games. The Naga river boat is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, 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 the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the normal table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around resort and hotel compound that features a number of luxuries in addition to the gambling hall, which offers 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight tables.
October 12th, 2017
Ryan
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