Cambodia Gambling Halls
Sunday, 3. March 2019
There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where gambling den betting is banned. Eight gambling dens are situated in a relatively tiny location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime area, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; although, investment sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are supposedly required to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is true of most borders.
The 1st Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked barge casino, contains 150 slots and 60 gaming tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are 150 slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and sixty six of the normal table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around vacation and hotel complex that contains a number of conveniences in addition to the casino, which houses ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 tables.
Posted in Casino by Carla