There is an appealing history to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just over the dividing line from nearby Thailand, where casino gambling is not legal. Eight casinos are established in a relatively small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in an excellent area, a 3 to 4 hour travel from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a thriving business with Thai workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing income gained from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; still, financing sources are cryptic. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and though visas are for all intents and purposes necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is true of most borders.

The original Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in the late nineties, leaving just a single gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored barge gambling den, features 150 slot machine games and 60 table games. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of one hundred and fifty one armed bandits and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and 104 slot machines and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred one armed bandits and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including eighty seven punto banco (the most beloved game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five one armed bandits and 66 of the common table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, again in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machine games and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an international vacation and hotel building that highlights a number of amenities aside from the casino, which contains 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slot machine games and 88 tables.