Cambodia Gambling Halls
Sunday, 18. March 2018
There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall gambling is banned. Eight casinos are based in a generally small location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect destination, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gaming centers 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 phenomenal capital accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and though visas are supposedly required to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored boat casino, contains one hundred and fifty slots and sixty tables. The Naga river boat is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the normal tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international resort and hotel complex that highlights a number of comforts aside from the gambling hall, which contains ten thousand square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and eighty eight tables.
Posted in Casino by Hudson