There is a captivating history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the border from nearby Thailand, where gambling hall wagering is illegal. Eight gambling dens are established in a generally tiny area in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent area, a 3 to four hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 most popular betting locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai laborers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The phenomenal income acquired from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mainly Thai; although, financing sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 0900 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is real of many borders.

The initial Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving just a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked ship gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and sixty tables. The Naga river boat is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machines and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six table games, including eighty seven punto banco (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machine games and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive resort and hotel compound that features a number of luxuries in addition to the gambling den, which offers ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and 88 gaming tables.