For some reason I kept having this dream when I was in Phnom Penh that I would somehow strike a jackpot in the casino. The dream change everyday from a jackpot playing slots to jackpots in 7 card poker to jackpot in 5 card poker or even one of those weird type of jackpot playing a game I have never seen before.
I spent many days in Phnom Penh just staying the the hotel and binge watching television series and eating at the restaurant downstairs since I was in pain from the accident a few days back in Kampong Cham but despite all the need to stay still and rest up, I could not resist a daily visit to Nagaworld Casino Phnom Penh.
I spent many days in Phnom Penh just staying the the hotel and binge watching television series and eating at the restaurant downstairs since I was in pain from the accident a few days back in Kampong Cham but despite all the need to stay still and rest up, I could not resist a daily visit to Nagaworld Casino Phnom Penh.
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The dream from sleep became a daydream during the day and my mind started thinking, what if? Maybe I should make some plans just in case and while I place my bet at the electronic roulette table playing ten cents chips to past time, I started thinking deeply.
If I were to strike a jackpot .....
Oh the scenarios were endless, paying off loans, giving a cut to parents, starting a hostel, travel forever, buying more investments, donate to a cause, upgrade Bluey, get a car, buy a wife maybe but that will end the money, but in all the thoughts one thing was clear as day, use the money and invest so I can get money forever to retire and travel forever. Muahahaha ....
Funny thing was, I did not linger my thoughts much on the spending part of winning the jackpot but instead on the problems of winning a Jackpot such as :
How do I get the money back into Malaysia or Singapore ?
So much time was spent on this question in my head that I actually spend time in and out googling answers to the best solution if one would have won, say one million dollars in Cambodia gambling.
First thought was to buy a plane ticket and fly back home with a load of cash but then again it was unpractical and dangerous plus who knows how much trouble I would get into with tax or money laundering when crossing customs bringing money out of Cambodia and into Malaysia.
Scratch that so maybe call Dad and Mom and fly them into Phnom Penh to be my mule carrying back portions of the money to and fro till I am left with say USD 2000 which I could use and continue travelling with Bluey. But at say USD 10000 a run per person, that would mean Mom & Dad would need to make 50 trips to Phnom Penh ..... nope not a workable idea
Next idea was money transfer through western union sending it to Mom & Dad directly but would there be a limit on how much I could transfer at a time? Information was not so straightforward on the net so I would need to visit western union itself to ask but I was pretty sure transferring anything above USD50,000 will raise some query and set a target on my back.
Open a bank account in Cambodia? Is it even possible with a tourist visa? A quick search in google says they need either employment contract or some sort of long term residence proof so that was out of the question. Still I wonder if the banks knowing a large sum of money will be deposited with them, would they have some sort of special rule to help me out.
Find a local I could trust, and hand the money over to them to be bank in and wire transfer to oversea bank account. This make me think of all those scam people email me out of the blue in my spam folder telling me they have won jackpot money and need my help to transfer the money and promise me a cut if I would follow such and such procedure. I’ll probably have a hard time convincing new friends I suppose.
In the end the most relistic solution I had was to fly Mom & Dad to Phnom Penh and maybe mule say USD50000 of the money back home, wire transfer with western union as much safely as possible and donate the rest to some charity since I cant carry the money back with me anyway. That means I’ll probably throw away 80% of the winnings but then again if I do win, more detailed research inquiry will follow and not just whimsy google search for random answers.
Heck I already think I will definitely strike this jackpot the way I am researching all this
But wait a minute, Back it up a bit .... To strike a jackpot, I need to play games that has Jackpot ....
Of the games in Nagaworld Casino, there is only a few with jackpots, the texas hol’em poker, caribbean stud poker and slot machines. I generally dislike playing slot machines but poker required much capital to play, so every chance I get, i.e when I win some money playing blackjack or roulette, I would shift over to the poker table slowly burning away the money I won in the hopes of striking a jackpot by getting a royal flush.
In reality I knew it was quite difficult so I usually just hope for the other type which was the pair AA in hand and pair AA in dealer hand. Payout was 1000 to 1 and with minimum bet of USD 10 that was USD 10000 winnings. This amount was easy to handle transporting instead of the one million dream but still I burn the USD 2.5 per game playing the big jackpot waiting with anticipation.
As one can see my mind on winning the Jackpot seamed like a sure thing and I kept daydreaming playing out scenarios after scenarios in Phnom Penh on what to do if and if and big if I win a Jackpot.
The mind of a gambler .....
Oh, and just so no one come asking me for money ...for clarity I did not strike any Jackpot.
Its still a dream on my bucket list.
Traveled on: Nov 2018
#nagaworld #gamblingincambodia
If I were to strike a jackpot .....
Oh the scenarios were endless, paying off loans, giving a cut to parents, starting a hostel, travel forever, buying more investments, donate to a cause, upgrade Bluey, get a car, buy a wife maybe but that will end the money, but in all the thoughts one thing was clear as day, use the money and invest so I can get money forever to retire and travel forever. Muahahaha ....
Funny thing was, I did not linger my thoughts much on the spending part of winning the jackpot but instead on the problems of winning a Jackpot such as :
How do I get the money back into Malaysia or Singapore ?
So much time was spent on this question in my head that I actually spend time in and out googling answers to the best solution if one would have won, say one million dollars in Cambodia gambling.
First thought was to buy a plane ticket and fly back home with a load of cash but then again it was unpractical and dangerous plus who knows how much trouble I would get into with tax or money laundering when crossing customs bringing money out of Cambodia and into Malaysia.
Scratch that so maybe call Dad and Mom and fly them into Phnom Penh to be my mule carrying back portions of the money to and fro till I am left with say USD 2000 which I could use and continue travelling with Bluey. But at say USD 10000 a run per person, that would mean Mom & Dad would need to make 50 trips to Phnom Penh ..... nope not a workable idea
Next idea was money transfer through western union sending it to Mom & Dad directly but would there be a limit on how much I could transfer at a time? Information was not so straightforward on the net so I would need to visit western union itself to ask but I was pretty sure transferring anything above USD50,000 will raise some query and set a target on my back.
Open a bank account in Cambodia? Is it even possible with a tourist visa? A quick search in google says they need either employment contract or some sort of long term residence proof so that was out of the question. Still I wonder if the banks knowing a large sum of money will be deposited with them, would they have some sort of special rule to help me out.
Find a local I could trust, and hand the money over to them to be bank in and wire transfer to oversea bank account. This make me think of all those scam people email me out of the blue in my spam folder telling me they have won jackpot money and need my help to transfer the money and promise me a cut if I would follow such and such procedure. I’ll probably have a hard time convincing new friends I suppose.
In the end the most relistic solution I had was to fly Mom & Dad to Phnom Penh and maybe mule say USD50000 of the money back home, wire transfer with western union as much safely as possible and donate the rest to some charity since I cant carry the money back with me anyway. That means I’ll probably throw away 80% of the winnings but then again if I do win, more detailed research inquiry will follow and not just whimsy google search for random answers.
Heck I already think I will definitely strike this jackpot the way I am researching all this
But wait a minute, Back it up a bit .... To strike a jackpot, I need to play games that has Jackpot ....
Of the games in Nagaworld Casino, there is only a few with jackpots, the texas hol’em poker, caribbean stud poker and slot machines. I generally dislike playing slot machines but poker required much capital to play, so every chance I get, i.e when I win some money playing blackjack or roulette, I would shift over to the poker table slowly burning away the money I won in the hopes of striking a jackpot by getting a royal flush.
In reality I knew it was quite difficult so I usually just hope for the other type which was the pair AA in hand and pair AA in dealer hand. Payout was 1000 to 1 and with minimum bet of USD 10 that was USD 10000 winnings. This amount was easy to handle transporting instead of the one million dream but still I burn the USD 2.5 per game playing the big jackpot waiting with anticipation.
As one can see my mind on winning the Jackpot seamed like a sure thing and I kept daydreaming playing out scenarios after scenarios in Phnom Penh on what to do if and if and big if I win a Jackpot.
The mind of a gambler .....
Oh, and just so no one come asking me for money ...for clarity I did not strike any Jackpot.
Its still a dream on my bucket list.
Traveled on: Nov 2018
#nagaworld #gamblingincambodia
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