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August
Written by Lucy.
Posted in: Casino
There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling den gaming is banned. Eight casinos are based in a generally small location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of restrictions constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, investment sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 1700, and although visas are supposedly necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is real of many borders.
The 1st Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling den, contains 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slot machine games and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of a multinational resort and hotel building that contains many comforts on top of the casino, which offers ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and eighty eight tables.
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