There is an appealing background to the Cambodia gambling dens that reside just across the border from nearby Thailand, where casino betting is illegal. Eight gambling halls are based in a generally tiny location in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This group of Cambodia gambling halls is in a perfect spot, a three to 4 hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the two biggest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling dens do a huge business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with just a few Westerners. The astonishing capital gained from the gambling dens ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations constraints for gambling den ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; still, investment sources are cryptic. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 5:00 p.m., and although visas are supposedly necessary to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is true of many border crossings.

The 1st Cambodia gambling dens opened in Phnom Penh in the mid nineties, but were required to close in the late nineties, leaving only one gambling den in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, an anchored bateau casino, highlights 150 slot machine games and sixty tables. The Naga gambling den is open all day and night with forty two tables of mini-baccarat, four tables of chemin de fer, 10 of roulette, 2 of Caribbean Stud Poker, and 1 each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.

The original gambling hall in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, opened in the late nineties and the Golden Crown quickly opened. A total of 150 slot machine games and 5 tables at the Golden Crown and one hundred and four slot machine games and 68 gaming tables at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort features three hundred slot machine games and seventy table games and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 one armed bandits and 96 table games, including eighty seven baccarat chemin de fer (the most dominant game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. Additionally, there is the Casino Tropicana, with one hundred and thirty five slot machines and 66 of the common gaming tables, as well as 1 table of Casino Stud Poker. Another one of the eight gambling dens 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 vacation and hotel building that highlights a number of comforts accompanying the casino, which houses 10,000 square feet of one hundred and thirty slot machine games and 88 table games.