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There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where gambling den gaming is illegal. Eight gambling halls are established in a generally small space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect destination, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million dollars, and there are a few restrictions requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; although, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 0900 to 1700, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of most borders.

The original Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked boat gambling den, features 150 one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the normal table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling dens in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a multinational resort and hotel complex that contains numerous conveniences in addition to the casino, which has 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 table games.