There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling den betting is prohibited. Eight casinos are based in a relatively tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent destination, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest betting centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few controls constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; however, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 1700, and though visas are supposedly necessary to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is real of many borders.

The initial Cambodia gambling halls opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary ship casino, features 150 slot machine games and 60 table games. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of blackjack, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of 150 one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 one armed bandits and 68 tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and 66 of the familiar gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight casinos in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-around resort and hotel complex that highlights numerous comforts on top of the casino, which has ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and 88 table games.