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There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling establishments that lie just over the national boundaries from bordering Thailand, where betting house betting is illegal. 8 gambling dens are located inside a relatively small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is inside a prime place, a 3 to 4 drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a flourishing business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only quite few Westerners. The incredible income acquired from the gambling dens ranges from 7 dollars.5 million to over twelve and a half million, and there are few limitations or registration requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; nevertheless, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to five p.m., and although visas are apparently necessary to cross, there are ways to circumspect this, as is true of many border crossings.

The very first Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in ‘94, but were pushed to close in ninety-eight, leaving only one gambling establishment in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a fixed boat betting house, characteristics one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of black jack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-gow-poker and Tai-Sai.

The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ‘99 and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are 150 slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and a hundred and four slot machine games and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Gambling establishment, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty-six slots and ninety-six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai-gow. Moreover, there will be the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Gambling establishment Stud Poker. An additional one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in the hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty-six slots and ninety-seven games. The Star Vegas Betting house is part of an international resort and hotel complex that functions numerous amenities also to the gambling establishment, which has 10,000 square feet of 130 slot machines and 88 table games.

Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one gambling establishment, the Casino O Samet, with one hundred slots and fifty tables of baccarat. Moreover, the Koh Kong Betting house, in the province of Trat, is open everyday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with a hundred slot machine games and four table games. A smaller gambling establishment, Le Macau Gambling den and Hotel, opened recently at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.