There is a captivating story to the Cambodia casinos that sit just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling hall betting is banned. Eight gambling halls are established in a relatively tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in an excellent area, a 3 to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a thriving business with Thai workers and travelers from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income gained from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few controls requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is assumed to be mostly Thai; still, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are ceremoniously open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are supposedly required to pass, there are means around this, as is real of most borders.

The initial Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored barge casino, contains 150 slot machines and 60 gaming tables. The Naga casino is open 24 hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The first casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown before long followed. There are 150 slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machine games and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains 300 slot machine games and 70 table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and 66 of the familiar table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, again a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six slots and ninety seven games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that features numerous comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which contains 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.