Cambodia Casinos
Posted in Casino on 04/15/2010 12:21 pm by Marc
There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia casinos that lie just across the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling establishment wagering is illegal. Eight bettings houses are positioned inside a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling establishments is inside a perfect place, a three to four drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gambling centres in Asia. Cambodia gambling establishments do a booming business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only really couple of Westerners. The incredible income acquired from the bettings houses ranges from $7.five million to over 12 million, and there are few constraints or registration requirements for gambling establishment ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; nevertheless, investment sources are vague. The borders are officially open from nine a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are allegedly necessary to cross, you will discover techniques around this, as is true of many border crossings.
The 1st Cambodia bettings houses opened in Phnom Penh in ninety-four, but were pressured to close in ninety-eight, leaving only one gambling establishment in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling den, functions 150 slots and 60 table games. The Naga casino is open round the clock with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of pontoon, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st betting house in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ‘99 and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are 150 slot machines and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Betting house and Resort functions 300 slots and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Gambling establishment, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty-six slots and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat banque (the most well-liked casino game), Fan Tan, and Double-hand. Also, there is the Betting house Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty-six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight casinos in Poipet, also in a hotel, may be the Princess Gambling establishment with one hundred and sixty-six slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Gambling establishment is part of an international resort and hotel complex that features many amenities also to the betting house, which has ten thousand sqft of a hundred thirty slots and 88 table games.
Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one gambling den, the Gambling den O Samet, with a hundred slots and fifty tables of baccarat banque. Also, the Koh Kong Gambling establishment, in the province of Trat, is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with 100 slots and 4 table games. A smaller gambling den, Le Macau Gambling den and Hotel, opened recently at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.