Cambodia Betting Houses
Posted in Casino on 06/10/2010 06:21 am by Ashly
There’s a fascinating background to the Cambodia bettings houses that lie just across the national boundaries from bordering Thailand, where betting house wagering is illegal. Eight bettings houses are located in a fairly small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia casinos is inside a prime location, a 3 to 4 drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering centres in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a booming business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only incredibly couple of Westerners. The phenomenal earnings gained from the gambling establishments ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve point five million, and there are couple of limitations or registration requirements for betting house ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, investment sources are vague. The borders are officially open from nine a.m. to five p.m., and even though visas are allegedly needed to cross, there are ways to circumspect this, as is true of the majority of border crossings.
The initial Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in ‘94, but were pushed to close in 98, leaving only one gambling establishment in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat betting house, functions 150 slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of blackjack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Double-Hand and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling establishment in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ‘99 and the Golden Crown soon followed. You will discover one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Betting house and Resort attributes 300 slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Betting house, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular casino game), Fan Tan, and Pai gow. In addition, there could be the Gambling establishment Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Gambling den Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a hotel, could be the Princess Gambling establishment 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 characteristics a number of amenities in addition to the casino, which has 10,000 sqft of one hundred thirty slot machine games and 88 table games.
Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one betting house, the Gambling den O Samet, with one hundred slot machines and 50 tables of baccarat. Furthermore, the Koh Kong Gambling den, in the province of Trat, is open every day from nine a.m. to ten p.m., with 100 slot machine games and 4 table games. A smaller gambling establishment, Le Macau Gambling den and Hotel, opened not too long ago at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.