Cambodia Gambling Dens
Saturday, 23. January 2010
There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just across the border from next door Thailand, where casino gaming is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a generally small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent spot, a three to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the casinos ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are for all intents and purposes required to pass, there are ways around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The initial Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge casino, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat chemin de fer, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slot machines and 70 tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and 66 of the normal tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that highlights many comforts in addition to the casino, which provides 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 table games.
Posted in Casino by Carla