There is a fascinating story to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the dividing line from nearby Thailand, in which casino gaming is not legal. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This conclave of Cambodia gambling dens is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and guests from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a couple of Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the gambling dens ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a couple of restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are supposedly needed to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is real of many borders.

The 1st Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored ship gambling den, contains 150 one armed bandits and sixty tables. The Naga casino is open all hours with 42 tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of 21, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The 1st gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of 150 one armed bandits and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four one armed bandits and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred slot machine games and 70 gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machines and 66 of the familiar tables, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, also a part of a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel compound that features numerous comforts in addition to the gambling hall, which offers ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight table games.