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There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, in which casino betting is banned. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a generally small location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent location, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income acquired from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, financial sources are vague. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and though visas are allegedly required to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of most border crossings.

The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat casino, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight 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 166 one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around vacation and hotel building that highlights many conveniences accompanying the gambling den, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machines and 88 gaming tables.