Cambodia Betting Houses
Posted in Casino on 04/17/2010 06:21 am by Jarrett
There is certainly an appealing background to the Cambodia bettings houses that lie just across the national boundaries from bordering Thailand, where gambling den wagering is illegal. Eight gambling dens are situated in a relatively small area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This area of Cambodia gambling establishments is inside a perfect location, a 3 to 4 drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia bettings houses do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only incredibly few Westerners. The incredible earnings acquired from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to over 12 million, and there are few constraints or registration prerequisites for gambling den ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; on the other hand, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are apparently necessary to cross, you’ll find techniques to circumspect this, as is true of many border crossings.
The very first Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in ninety-four, but were compelled to close in 98, leaving only one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a fixed boat casino, features a hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of black-jack, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-gow poker and Tai-Sai.
The first betting house in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in ninety-nine and the Golden Crown soon followed. You will find one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and sixty-eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Gambling den and Resort functions three hundred slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Gambling den, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety-six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most well-known game), Fan Tan, and Pai-gow. Furthermore, there is the Casino Tropicana, with a hundred and thirty five slots and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Gambling establishment Stud Poker. An additional one of the eight bettings houses in Poipet, also in a hotel, may be the Princess Gambling establishment with 166 slot machines and ninety-seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international resort and hotel complex that functions several amenities additionally to the gambling establishment, which has 10,000 sqft of 130 slot machines and eighty eight table games.
Across the Cambodian border at Asmech/Surin is one casino, the Gambling den O Samet, with one hundred slots and 50 tables of baccarat chemin de fer. In addition, the Koh Kong Casino, in the province of Trat, is open daily from nine a.m. to ten p.m., with a hundred slots and 4 table games. A smaller betting house, Le Macau Betting house and Hotel, opened not too long ago at Bavet on the Vietnamese border.