There is an interesting history to the Cambodia gambling halls that reside just over the border from next door Thailand, where gambling den gaming is not legal. Eight gambling halls are established in a relatively tiny area in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia casinos is in a prime location, a three to 4 hour drive from Bangkok and Macao, the two largest wagering centers in Asia. Cambodia casinos do a huge business with Thai workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very couple of Westerners. The phenomenal capital acquired from the gambling dens ranges from seven and a half million dollars to more than 12.5 million, and there are a few restrictions constraints for gambling hall ownership. Ownership is presumed to be mostly Thai; still, financing sources are vague. The borders are formally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are supposedly required to cross, there are methods around this, as is real of many border crossings.

The first Cambodia gambling halls premiered in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in 1998, leaving only a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau gambling hall, features one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga river boat is open all hours with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, 4 tables of 21, ten of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The 1st casino in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown soon opened. A total of one hundred and fifty slots and five tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machines and 68 table games at the Holiday Palace. The latest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort contains three hundred slot machine games and seventy gaming tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has one hundred and sixty six slot machines 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 slot machine games and 66 of the familiar gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight casinos in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with one hundred and sixty six one armed bandits and 97 casino games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel complex that highlights many comforts aside from the gambling hall, which provides 10,000 sq.ft. of 130 slot machines and eighty eight tables.