There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just across the border from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling hall betting is not legal. Eight gambling halls are based in a relatively small location in the municipality of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime area, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest betting locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The amazing income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; however, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 1700, and even though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is real of many borders.

The 1st Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving just 1 gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling hall, highlights one hundred and fifty slots and sixty tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of 21, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one 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 opened. There are 150 one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slots and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 table games, including 87 punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 one armed bandits and sixty six of the normal gaming tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and 97 table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international resort and hotel complex that contains numerous luxuries accompanying the casino, which houses 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and eighty eight gaming tables.