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September
Written by Keegan.
Posted in: Casino
There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the border from next door Thailand, where gambling hall betting is not allowed. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect area, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; however, financial sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and though visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge casino, contains 150 slot machine games and sixty table games. The Naga river boat never closes with forty two 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 before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and 70 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 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the normal gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational vacation and hotel compound that features numerous luxuries on top of the gambling hall, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight tables.
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