Poipet Casinos Reeling as Thai Border Crackdown Hits Gambling Trade

Poipet Casinos Reeling as Thai Border Crackdown Hits Gambling Trade

Picture courtesy of Naewna. A Thai military-led border restriction targeting cross-border gambling has severely impacted ten major casinos in Poipet, Cambodia, with operations grinding to a near standstill and thousands of Thai workers sent home. Now after days of intensified border controls at the Ban Khlong Luek checkpoint in Aranyaprathet District, the once-bustling Poipet gambling zone has turned eerily quiet. The move is part of Tha…

10 casinos at Cambodia's border town hit by border dispute - Thai Newsroom

TEN popular casinos at Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, are now extremely quiet with Thai gamblers staying away after a border dispute flared up between the two countries as even though the dispute has now eased restricted checkpoint opening hours is still in place, […] The post 10 casinos at Cambodia’s border town hit by border dispute appeared first on Thai Newsroom.