There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia gambling halls that sit just across the border from neighboring Thailand, in which casino betting is not allowed. Eight gambling halls are established in a relatively tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime destination, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The phenomenal capital accrued from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are ceremoniously open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and despite the fact visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is accurate of many border crossings.

The first Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored ship gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are 150 one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and 66 of the common table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel building that features many amenities accompanying the gambling hall, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machines and eighty eight table games.