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There is an interesting history to the Cambodia casinos that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where casino wagering is against the law. Eight casinos are based in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime area, a 3 to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 17:00, and even though visas are allegedly required to cross, there are means around this, as is real of most border crossings.

The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling hall, contains one hundred and fifty slots and 60 table games. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of 21, 10 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 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. There are 150 slot machines and 5 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 contains three hundred slots and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (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 tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around resort and hotel compound that highlights numerous comforts aside from the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.