Cambodia Betting Houses
Posted in Casino on 04/20/2010 04:21 pm by JudeThere is a fascinating history to the Cambodia bettings houses that lie just across the border from bordering Thailand, where betting house gambling is illegal. Eight bettings houses are situated in a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is inside a perfect place, a three to four drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest gambling centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling establishments do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only extremely few Westerners. The extraordinary income acquired from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million, and there are few limitations or registration requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; even so, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from nine a.m. to five p.m., and even though visas are allegedly necessary to cross, you can find ways to circumspect this, as is true of many border crossings.
The first Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in ninety-four, but were compelled to close in 1998, leaving only one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary 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 twenty-one, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-gow poker and Tai-Sai.
The initial betting house in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ‘99 and the Golden Crown soon followed. You will discover 150 slot machine games and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Gambling establishment and Resort functions three hundred slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Gambling den, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty-six slots and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most well-liked game), Fan Tan, and Pai-gow. Moreover, there is the Casino Tropicana, with a hundred and thirty five slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Gambling establishment Stud Poker. An additional one of the eight gambling establishments in Poipet, also in the hotel, could be the Princess Gambling den with one hundred and sixty-six slot machine games and ninety-seven games. The Star Vegas Betting house is part of an international resort and hotel complex that functions several amenities in addition to the betting house, which has ten thousand sqft of 130 slot machine games and eighty-eight table games.
Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one betting house, the Casino O Samet, with one hundred slots and fifty tables of baccarat chemin de fer. Furthermore, the Koh Kong Gambling establishment, in the province of Trat, is open everyday from nine a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with a hundred slot machine games and four table games. A smaller casino, Le Macau Gambling den and Hotel, opened not too long ago at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.
