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There is an interesting background to the Cambodia casinos that lie just over the national boundaries from nearby Thailand, where casino wagering is illegal. 8 bettings houses are situated in the fairly tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This area of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a three to four drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering centres in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a flourishing business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only really couple of Westerners. The phenomenal earnings obtained from the gambling establishments ranges from $7.5 million to over 12 million, and there are few constraints or registration requirements for gambling establishment ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are allegedly necessary to cross, you'll find ways to circumspect this, as is true of the majority of border crossings.

The initial Cambodia bettings houses opened in Phnom Penh in ninety-four, but were forced to close in ninety-eight, leaving only one betting house in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a fixed boat gambling den, characteristics one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open round the clock with forty-two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of pontoon, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai gow and Tai-Sai.

The 1st betting house in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in '99 and the Golden Crown soon followed. You'll find 150 slot machines and five table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Gambling den and Resort features 300 slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty-six slot machines and ninety-six gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most well-known game), Fan Tan, and Double-hand. Also, there may be the Betting house Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Betting house Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling establishments in Poipet, also in a hotel, could be the Princess Betting house with one hundred and sixty-six slot machines and ninety-seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international resort and hotel complex that characteristics numerous amenities in addition to the gambling establishment, which has ten thousand square feet of a hundred thirty slot machines and eighty-eight table games.

Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one gambling establishment, the Betting house O Samet, with one hundred slots and 50 tables of baccarat chemin de fer. Also, the Koh Kong Betting house, in the province of Trat, is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with one hundred slot machines and 4 table games. A smaller gambling establishment, Le Macau Betting house and Hotel, opened not too long ago at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.