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There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is not legal. Eight casinos are anchored in a relatively small space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of controls constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 17:00, and although visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is correct of most borders.

The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored boat gambling hall, highlights 150 one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one 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 followed. A total of 150 slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the normal gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international resort and hotel building that highlights many comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 table games.