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December
Written by Kaylen.
Posted in: Casino
There is an interesting background to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from next door Thailand, in which casino gambling is banned. Eight gambling halls are situated in a generally small location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect destination, a 3 to four 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 couple of Westerners. The amazing income gained from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; although, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and despite the fact visas are allegedly needed to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is true of most borders.
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau gambling hall, contains one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and sixty tables. The Naga river boat never closes with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of chemin de fer, 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 soon followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machine games and five 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 features 300 slot machines and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that features many comforts in addition to the gambling den, which offers 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight table games.
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