There is an interesting background to the Cambodia gambling halls that lie just across the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den gambling is prohibited. Eight gambling dens are established in a relatively small area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect area, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; still, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and though visas are supposedly necessary to pass, there are means around this, as is accurate of most borders.

The original Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary barge gambling den, highlights one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 60 gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of twenty-one, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The original casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. A total of 150 slot machine games and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the common table games, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around resort and hotel complex that contains numerous comforts accompanying the gambling hall, which contains ten thousand square feet of 130 slots and eighty eight table games.