Monday, November 16, 2009

All's quiet on the casino front

November 16, 2009
The Nation

Since Thaksin Shinawatra was made an adviser to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the once bustling casinos in Cambodia's Poipet have found hardly a visitor.
Most their customers, Thais from Thailand's Northeast, no longer show up.
"Things have been like this for more than one week already," an employee at the Holiday Palace casino lamented.
Shuffling sounds are gone. Rows of slot machines stand idle and staff members can only look around expectantly.
Inside the main hall, attendants at baccarat tables are struggling hard to keep their last batch of customers.

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