Background
The Triple Crown Building is a nine-storey building in Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey Province. In 2024, a serious fire happened at the property, causing many foreigners who lived and worked inside to flee to the roof and the street in front.
The building previously went by the name of Triple Crown Casino. It is unclear if this casino was ever licensed, but Cambodia’s gaming commission does not currently list a licence for a casino by this name or any other at the location of this property.
Its now dormant Facebook page also mentions the ‘Vega Poipet Casino & Gaming Office’. More recent posts on Facebook property pages refer to the site as the Triple Crown building or office.
In one post from 2022 on its Facebook page, Vega advertises ‘online’ office space, despite the fact that online gambling has not been legal in Cambodia since 2019.
Various other Facebook posts can be found from between 2022 and 2025 advertising office space to rent in the property. Several posts advertise that the property has both Cambodian and Thai internet connections, which would allow users to present their location in either country. Some posts are in Thai, indicating the property has sought to attract Thai online operators, who are extremely active in Poipet.
Several posts say the property is ‘100% safe’, which is a common euphemism used in similar rental ads seeking to reassure potential operators that they can work from this location without problems from law enforcement. In some photos attached to these ads, rooms with rows of people working at computers can be seen.
Incidents
In December 2024, a fire occurred at the property. The fire reportedly engulfed the sixth floor and took 30 minutes and four fire trucks to extinguish (see short video here).
As fire fighters worked, a large group of foreigners came out of the building and stood across the street, while others fled to the roof. Many appeared to be of South Asian origin. In photos published in local media, some can be seen attempting to cover their faces as authorities and journalists documented the scene. A large number of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese nationals are known to work in the online industry in Poipet.
Images from the scene of the fire in 2024 show that the building has high metal bars erected in front of the doors. These bars were not present in images posted on Triple Crown Casino’s Facebook page in 2023.
The Triple Crown Building sits almost directly opposite the former V9 International Hotel, which itself had a serious fire in 2023 (see profile here).
Which Actors and Companies Have Been Linked to the Triple Crown Building?
We were unable to confirm who owns or manages this property.
Location of the Triple Crown Building
Triple Crown Building in the News
2024
19 December: ‘ឆេះអគារ៩ជាន់ដែលជនបរទេសជួលស្នាក់ដោយឆេះជាន់ទី៦ ព្រោះដោតបំពង់ទឹកក្តៅចោលទើបបង្កឱ្យឆាបឆេះ [A Nine-Storey Building Rented by Foreigners Caught Fire, with the Sixth Floor Engulfed in Flames Because a Kettle Was Left Plugged In, Causing the Fire]’, Koh Santepheap Daily. Link.
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