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Cambodia Gambling Halls

by Adriel on May.04, 2010, under Casino

[ English ]

There’s an interesting history to the Cambodia bettings houses that lie just over the national boundaries from bordering Thailand, where gambling den wagering is illegal. 8 casinos are situated in the fairly small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This area of Cambodia bettings houses is in a perfect place, a 3 to 4 drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia bettings houses do a successful business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only really couple of Westerners. The phenomenal income acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven dollars.five million to over 12.5 million, and there are few constraints or registration prerequisites for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; even so, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are theoretically required to cross, you will find ways around this, as is true of many border crossings.

The 1st Cambodia bettings houses opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in ninety-eight, leaving only one betting house in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a fixed boat gambling den, attributes 150 slots and sixty table games. The Naga gambling den is open 24 hours with forty-two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Double-Hand and Tai-Sai.

The very first betting house in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ninety-nine and the Golden Crown soon followed. You will find a hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty-eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Betting house and Resort functions 300 slot machines and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty-six slot machines and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most well-liked game), Fan Tan, and Pai-gow. Also, there may be the Betting house Tropicana, with a hundred and thirty five slot machines and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more one of the eight casinos in Poipet, also in the hotel, could be the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty-six slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Gambling den is part of an international resort and hotel complex that functions many amenities moreover to the casino, which has ten thousand sqft of 130 slot machine games and eighty-eight table games.

Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one gambling den, the Casino O Samet, with 100 slots and fifty tables of punto banco. Furthermore, the Koh Kong Betting house, in the province of Trat, is open everyday from nine a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with one hundred slots and 4 table games. A smaller betting house, Le Macau Casino and Hotel, opened recently at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.


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