There is an appealing story to the Cambodia gambling dens that sit just over the border from neighboring Thailand, where gambling den wagering is against the law. Eight gambling dens are situated in a generally tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in an excellent location, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest wagering locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The amazing capital gained from the gambling halls ranges from 7.5 million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is presumed to be largely Thai; still, investment sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and though visas are apparently necessary to pass, there are ways around this, as is correct of most border crossings.

The original Cambodia casinos premiered in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary ship gambling hall, features 150 slot machine games and sixty table games. The Naga gambling hall is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of twenty-one, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and a single table each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The original gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. There are one hundred and fifty slots and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight tables at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy 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 87 baccarat banque (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six of the common gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the eight gambling dens in Poipet, also in a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 one armed bandits and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that highlights a number of luxuries aside from the casino, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty slots and eighty eight tables.