Cambodia Gambling Halls
There is a captivating background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, where casino gaming is prohibited. Eight gambling halls are anchored in a generally tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent destination, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, financial sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and even though visas are apparently needed to cross, there are ways around this, as is accurate of most border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge casino, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machines and seventy 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 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a motel, 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-inclusive resort and hotel complex that features a number of conveniences aside from the gambling den, which has 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machines and 88 table games.
No comments yet.