Cambodia Casinos
Tuesday, 17. November 2009
There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which casino betting is against the law. Eight casinos are based in a relatively small location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime location, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai laborers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a number of restrictions requirements for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and even though visas are apparently needed to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is real of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau casino, contains 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga casino is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 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 initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slots and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the normal tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around resort and hotel complex that highlights many amenities in addition to the gambling hall, which houses ten thousand sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.
Posted in Casino by Ismael