There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den gambling is not permitted. Eight gambling dens are based in a generally tiny area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling halls is in a prime location, a 3 to four hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two most popular wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai laborers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few controls constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mainly Thai; although, funding sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 0900 to 1700, and despite the fact visas are supposedly necessary to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is true of most borders.

The 1st Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored boat gambling hall, contains 150 slot machines and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, 4 tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights 300 slots and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six table games, including 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and sixty six of the normal tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive vacation and hotel complex that highlights numerous amenities on top of the casino, which has 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.