Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | August 2012 30 Feature T hecasinos at theThai-Cambodiaborder have long been marginal operations. They are generally quite small and dingy, in poorly decorated and maintained buildings. Some sit in dusty no-man’s lands between the two countries—areas best known for duty-free dealings and itinerant workers. The legal underpinnings of the casinos are not always clear, and there’s a sense that some of the operations may not be totally aboveboard. But now there’s an outfit seeking to change that perception. Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGT)—a Nevada-incorporated, Hong Kong-managed, New York Stock Dreamworld is more along the lines of a casino in a developed gaming market, with a large, open floor, professional-looking staff and well-maintained machines. Category Killer As Indochina correspondent Rich Meyer reports, Entertainment Gaming Asia looks set to raise the bar for border casinos with its recently opened Dreamworld Pailin Betting on quality—Dreamworld Pailin