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February
Written by Keegan.
Posted in: Casino
There is an appealing story to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the border from nearby Thailand, where casino gaming is not permitted. Eight casinos are situated in a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent area, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gaming 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 couple of Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, financing sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 1700, and though visas are allegedly needed to pass, there are means around this, as is accurate of most borders.
The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored barge gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the normal tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international resort and hotel complex that highlights numerous amenities on top of the gambling hall, which houses 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight gaming tables.
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