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There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall betting is illegal. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime location, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing capital accrued from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of controls constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are allegedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.

The initial Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary bateau gambling hall, highlights 150 one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of vingt-et-un, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are 150 slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slot machines and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 96 table games, including 87 punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international resort and hotel building that highlights many comforts accompanying the gambling den, which houses 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machines and eighty eight gaming tables.