Cambodia Gambling Dens
December 27th, 2009 at 16:21
There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which gambling den betting is against the law. Eight gambling halls are situated in a generally small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital accrued from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a number of controls requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, financial sources are ambiguous. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and although visas are apparently required to cross, there are means around this, as is correct of many borders.
The first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling den, contains 150 one armed bandits and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of twenty-one, 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 quickly opened. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred one armed bandits and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including 87 baccarat (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-around vacation and hotel building that highlights numerous conveniences accompanying the gambling den, which has ten thousand square feet of 130 slot machine games and eighty eight tables.