There is a captivating background to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling den betting is prohibited. Eight gambling halls are established in a relatively small area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent spot, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular gaming locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income gained from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 17:00, and though visas are supposedly required to cross, there are means around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge casino, features 150 one armed bandits and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and sixty six of the common tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel compound that contains numerous luxuries aside from the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 square feet of 130 slots and 88 table games.
January 16th, 2026
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