There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just over the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where gambling hall gaming is illegal. Eight gambling dens are anchored in a relatively small space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a perfect destination, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gaming centers in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The phenomenal income accrued from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to more than twelve and a half million dollars, and there are a few limitations constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is required to be mostly Thai; although, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 17:00, and even though visas are apparently required to cross, there are means around this, as is true of most borders.

The initial Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just a single casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a docked bateau gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, 4 tables of 21, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one 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 before long opened. There are one hundred and fifty slot machines and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slots and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred one armed bandits and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machine games and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slots and sixty six of the familiar tables, as well as a single table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the 8 gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that features many conveniences accompanying the gambling hall, which has 10,000 sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 gaming tables.