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There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just across the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling den gambling is illegal. Eight gambling dens are situated in a generally small space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect area, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a number of limitations requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are supposedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is accurate of many borders.

The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked boat gambling den, highlights one hundred and fifty slots and 60 gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of 150 one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the normal gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international vacation and hotel complex that contains numerous luxuries accompanying the gambling den, which contains ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 gaming tables.