Cambodia Gambling Dens
Posted in Casino on 03/08/2016 02:21 pm by Dakota
There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den wagering is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect location, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai laborers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The astonishing income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; although, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are methods around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling den, features 150 slot machine games and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The first gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the common table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel compound that features a number of amenities accompanying the gambling hall, which offers 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 tables.