{"id":20688,"date":"2021-07-26T16:18:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20688"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:16:19","slug":"seoul-casinos-under-level-4-social-distancing-rules-until-august-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/seoul-casinos-under-level-4-social-distancing-rules-until-august-9","title":{"rendered":"Seoul casinos under “Level 4\u201d social distancing rules until August 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in Seoul have announced the city will retain \u201cLevel 4\u201d social distancing rules until at least August 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Authorities have announced that Seoul will remain under “Level 4” social distancing rules until August 9. Casinos have a maximum daily capacity of no more than 30 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0of their pre-pandemic norm and must close by 10pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Health has reported\u00a01,318 new Covid-19 cases<\/strong>\u00a0in the last 24 hours. According to Reuters, that’s the highest since December. Just\u00a010 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated<\/strong>, while only 30 per cent has received one dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)<\/a>, operator of the Seven Luck Casino Millennium Seoul and Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam, reported casino sales of KRW40.29m <\/strong>in the first half of the year, down 69.7 per cent when compared to 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GKL venues in Seoul reopened in March<\/a> at 20 per cent of normal capacity <\/strong>after being closed since November 24. The company saw casino sales<\/a> fall by 62.4 per cent year-on-year to KRW184.46bn in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradise Co<\/a>\u00a0reported that\u00a0sales fell 7.1 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>in the first quarter of the year to KRW96.6bn. Casino sales came in at KRW96.6bn<\/strong>, down 31.1 per cent sequentially and 51.6 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The casino operator recently\u00a0reported a Covid-19 case at its hotel <\/strong>but said the country\u2019s quarantine authority had said there was \u201cno problem\u201d in terms of ongoing use of the hotel accommodation and the resort as of Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kangwon Land<\/a>, the only casino resort in South Korea permitted to serve locals, will maintain its current daily 1,800-guest maximum capacity<\/strong>\u00a0under an \u201cexception clause.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Seoul have announced the city will retain \u201cLevel 4\u201d social distancing rules until at least August 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Seoul's extension of Level 4 social distancing until August 9 significantly impacts the city's casino operators, mandating 30% capacity and a 10 pm curfew. This regulatory environment continues to depress gross gaming revenue (GGR) for entities like Grand Korea Leisure and Paradise Co, with both reporting substantial year-on-year and sequential sales declines. Kangwon Land, uniquely serving locals, maintains its restricted capacity under an exception clause.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), Seven Luck Casino Millennium Seoul, Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam, Paradise Co, Kangwon Land, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Seoul, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.75)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Outlook","query":"What is the revised GGR outlook for Seoul's integrated resorts, particularly GKL and Paradise Co, assuming Level 4 restrictions persist beyond Q3, and what operational efficiencies are being implemented?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Burden","query":"How are South Korean regulators balancing public health mandates with the economic viability of licensed casino operators, and what specific governance frameworks are being considered for long-term pandemic management within the gaming vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-20688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20697,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20688\/revisions\/20697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}