There is a captivating history to the Cambodia gambling dens that lie just over the border from neighboring Thailand, in which gambling den betting is prohibited. Eight gambling halls are situated in a relatively small space in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This band of Cambodia gambling dens is in a prime spot, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 largest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and tourists from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing income accrued from the casinos ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million dollars, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be largely Thai; although, funding sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 1700, and although visas are allegedly necessary to pass, there are methods and means around this, as is real of many borders.

The initial Cambodia gambling dens premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only one casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored boat gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty slot machines and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den never closes with 42 tables of mini-baccarat banque, four tables of vingt-et-un, 10 of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The initial gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in 1999 and the Golden Crown quickly followed. A total of 150 one armed bandits and five table games at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and sixty eight gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newer Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features 300 slot machines and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slots and 96 gaming tables, including 87 baccarat (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Also, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slots and sixty six of the normal tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. An additional of the 8 casinos in Poipet, again in a hotel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slots and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is part of an all-inclusive resort and hotel building that highlights many comforts on top of the casino, which provides ten thousand sq.ft. of one hundred and thirty one armed bandits and eighty eight gaming tables.