PHNOM PENH, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A blaze swept through a portion of a 18-floor casino in northwestern Cambodia's Poipet city late on Monday, Fresh News service provider reported. The fire broke out at 10:10 p.m. local time at the Golden Casino in Kbal Spean village in Poipet city of...
According to travel agencies in the area, the vast majority of gamblers in Cambodia are Thai, though they also see a number of tourists from Japan, South Korea, and other Asian countries. Although gambling is very popular in Poipet, it is no longer allowed in the capital city of Phnom Pe...
Naga World, the only integrated resort and casino in Phnom Penh and touted as the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, currently holds a privileged position in Cambodia's gaming industry: a unique government agreement for a seventy-year gaming license until 2065 and a casino monopoly agreement...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A fire burning through a Cambodian hotel casino on the border with Thailand has killed at least 10, local media reported. The website Cambodianess, which belongs to the Thmey Thmey media group, reported the blaze at the Grand Diamond Casino and Hotel in the ...
resort and casino in Phnom Penh and touted as the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, currently holds a privileged position in Cambodia's gaming industry: a unique government agreement for a seventy-year gaming license until 2065 and a casino monopoly agreement for Phnom Penh City until 2035...
Cambodia has gained significant growth in the past ten years thanks to the increased tourism brought by casinos. The country’s gambling facilities exclusive for foreigners have greatly improved and continues to expand in response to the growing demand. Will the casino industry growth force the gover...
The original Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving only 1 casino in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a stationary boat gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and sixty gaming tables. The Naga river boat is...
There is a fascinating background to the Cambodia casinos that reside just over the border from nearby Thailand, in which gambling hall gambling is illegal. Eight gambling dens are based in a generally tiny space in the metropolis of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia gambling halls...
Cambodia cashes in on chips Cambodian casinos have benefited greatly from peripatetic gamblers and as such fall neatly into two categories: city or border-town. The first casinos opened in 1994 and have charged forth to multiply in Phnom Penh, Bavet, Poipet and the coastal resort town of Sihano...