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There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which casino gaming is not legal. Eight casinos are based in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect location, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of controls requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and despite the fact visas are supposedly necessary to cross, there are ways around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored barge gambling den, features 150 one armed bandits and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. There are 150 one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the familiar tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel complex that contains numerous luxuries on top of the gambling hall, which offers 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight gaming tables.
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