{"id":26055,"date":"2022-01-06T07:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T10:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26055"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:30:24","slug":"gkl-temporarily-closes-seven-luck-seoul-gangnam-until-january-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gkl-temporarily-closes-seven-luck-seoul-gangnam-until-january-7","title":{"rendered":"GKL temporarily closes Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam until January 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grand Korea Leisure has announced the temporary closure of the Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam until Friday after eight workers tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)<\/strong> has announced the temporary closure of its Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam<\/strong> until January 7 to carry out disinfection after eight workers tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The snap-closure, according to GGRAsia, was a “pre-emptive measure” to prevent the “spread of infection” relating to Covid-19. The casino operator also revealed no positive cases had been detected among the venue\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Korean operator<\/a> of foreigner-only casinos has recently shared its financial results for the year 2021 during which it posted casino sales of KRW89.58bn (US$74.9m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figure was down 51.8 per cent when compared to the previous year and although the company didn\u2019t explain the reasons for the decline, casinos were deeply affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the lack of tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table game sales <\/strong>were down 54.1 per cent year-on-year to KRW74.43bn while machine game sales were down 36.8 per cent<\/strong> year-on-year to KRW15.24bn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when compared to the previous month<\/a>, GKL casino sales were up 147.7 per cent from KRW4.1bn (US$3.5m) to KRW10.14bn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grand Korea Leisure has announced the temporary closure of the Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam until Friday after eight workers tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":3156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) has enacted a temporary closure of its Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam casino until January 7th, following eight confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff, a pre-emptive measure to contain potential infection spread. This operational disruption coincides with GKL's reported 51.8% year-on-year decline in 2021 casino sales to KRW89.58bn, primarily attributable to the pandemic's impact on international tourism, despite a notable 147.7% month-on-month sales increase in December.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, GGRAsia","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GKL Q1 2022 GGR?","query":"What are the projected GGR and NGR impacts for Grand Korea Leisure in Q1 2022, considering this temporary operational cessation and the broader South Korean inbound tourism recovery outlook?"},{"label":"Regulatory Oversight Impact?","query":"Has this temporary closure triggered any specific regulatory compliance audits or enhanced oversight by South Korean gaming authorities regarding GKL's public health and safety protocols or operational governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[492,17025],"class_list":["post-26055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-gkl","tag-grand-korea-leisure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055","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=26055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26068,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055\/revisions\/26068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}