There is an interesting history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the dividing line from next door Thailand, in which casino gambling is prohibited. Eight casinos are situated in a generally tiny area in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect location, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering locations 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 couple of Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the casinos ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; still, funding sources are vague. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 17:00, and despite the fact visas are supposedly required to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is accurate of many border crossings.

The 1st Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked boat gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty gaming tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The 1st gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slots and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the familiar gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an international resort and hotel complex that contains many comforts on top of the casino, which contains 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slots and eighty eight gaming tables.