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March
Written by Cyrus.
Posted in: Casino
There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling hall gambling is not permitted. Eight casinos are based in a generally small area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent location, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai laborers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing income acquired from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; although, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary ship gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slots and 60 table games. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 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 87 baccarat banque (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international vacation and hotel building that contains a number of comforts accompanying the casino, which has ten thousand square feet of 130 one armed bandits and 88 table games.
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