There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where casino gaming is not legal. Eight gambling halls are established in a generally small location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; although, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and even though visas are apparently required to cross, there are methods around this, as is correct of most border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary bateau gambling den, features one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga river boat never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a comprehensive vacation and hotel building that highlights a number of luxuries accompanying the gambling hall, which contains 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 gaming tables.