There is a saying, an old Khmer proverb in Cambodia that goes, “lbaeng taeng vineah (Khmer: ល្បែងតែងវិនាស)”. This roughly translates to “Gambling destroys Life” and as such, gambling is illegal in the country.
Gambling had been illegal since the reign of the Khmer Rouge. But in the 1990s the government decided to start building casinos near the border to attract foreigners, especially the Thais and the Vietnamese, to cross over and play while prohibiting the locals from enjoying the same leisure. This had proven to be successful as the country enjoyed great revenue from the existence of these border casinos considered now to be a cash cow the Cambodian government could not live without.
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Capital: Tokyo
Language: Japanese
Population: 127 millions
Currency: Yen (JPY)
Calling code: +81
Time zone: (UTC +9)
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Michel Casino: Outside of Phnom Penh, there are also Queenco Hotel & Casino, in the coastal city of Sihanoukville, and Holiday Palace in Poipet offering the game of poker.
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Alfred Casino: Nagaworld poker offering is quite unsatisfactory as they normally hold only about 2 tables with a $1/$2 limit every day which explain the popularity among players of Riverking poker room.
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Michel Casino: Outside of Phnom Penh, there are also Queenco Hotel & Casino, in the coastal city of Sihanoukville, and Holiday Palace in Poipet offering the game of poker.
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Alfred Casino: Nagaworld poker offering is quite unsatisfactory as they normally hold only about 2 tables with a $1/$2 limit every day which explain the popularity among players of Riverking poker room.
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Although a 50,000 Riel and a 1 month prison term has been stipulated as the penalty for gambling, locals still continue to gamble while the government looks the other way. Locals enter the casinos freely without any fuss whatsoever. But this is not at all surprising because apart from the aforementioned revenue that casinos generate, there is a Cambodian belief that a man who does not gamble is not masculine enough.
The more popular border casino strips are Bavet on the Vietnamese border and Poipet on the Thai boundary.
However, NagaWorld, located at the heart of Phnom Penh, is the undisputed king of casinos in Cambodia. Having a monopoly over a 200km2 radius of the capital, NagaWorld is the main casino to go to in South Indochina.
Nagaworld poker offering is quite unsatisfactory as they normally hold only about 2 tables with a $1/$2 limit every day which explain the popularity among players of Riverking poker room.
Outside of Phnom Penh, there are also Queenco Hotel & Casino, in the coastal city of Sihanoukville, and Holiday Palace in Poipet offering the game of poker.
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Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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