{"id":777028609,"date":"2025-07-03T08:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777028609"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:19:44","slug":"grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-drop-year-on-year-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-drop-year-on-year-in-june","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure casino sales drop year-on-year in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Casino sales reached KRW34.81bn in the sixth month of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)<\/strong> has shared its financial results for the month of June. The company posted casino sales of <strong>KRW34.81b (US$25.6m)<\/strong>, down 6 per cent in year-on-year terms but up 13.6 per cent sequentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Table-game revenue was KRW31.60 (US$22.9m), 7.7 per cent behind June 2024\u2019s figures but up 16.6 per cent compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-revenue-rises-year-on-year\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-revenue-rises-year-on-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May 2025<\/a>. Machine game sales were KRW3.21bn (US$2.3m), up 15.3 per cent year-on-year, but 9 per cent down compared to the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the <strong>first half of the year<\/strong>, aggregate casino sales were up 9 per cent in year-on-year terms to KRW209.86bn (US$152.1m). The casino drop was KRW1.74tn, down 6.2 per cent when compared to last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/Grand-Korea-Leisure-building-839x600.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Korea Building.\" class=\"wp-image-777023822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/Grand-Korea-Leisure-building-839x600.jpg 839w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/Grand-Korea-Leisure-building.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grand Korea building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos under the Seven Luck brand: two in the capital, Seoul, including one in Gangnam, and the other in the southeastern port city of Busan. The company operates as a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, the casino operator named\u00a0Yoon Doo Hyun\u00a0as president. He served in South Korea\u2019s National Assembly during its 21st term from May 2020 to May 2024 and held the role of\u00a0senior secretary for public relations\u00a0at the Office of the President between 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/photo-1454165804606-c3d57bc86b40-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-reports-record-net-profit-for-q1'>Grand Korea Leisure reports record net profit for Q1<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casino sales reached KRW34.81bn in the sixth month of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777011925,"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) reported mixed financial results for June, with casino sales down 6% year-on-year but up 13.6% sequentially, reaching KRW34.81bn. While table-game revenue saw a year-on-year decline, machine game sales increased by 15.3% over the same period. For the first half of the year, aggregate casino sales demonstrated a 9% year-on-year growth, totaling KRW209.86bn.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, GKL, Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Yoon Doo Hyun, South Korea\u2019s National Assembly, Office of the President","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GKL H1 Performance Drivers","query":"What specific market conditions or operational strategies contributed to GKL's 9% year-on-year aggregate casino sales growth in H1, despite the June YoY decline?"},{"label":"Table vs. Machine Trends","query":"Given the divergent year-on-year trends in table-game revenue (down 7.7%) and machine game sales (up 15.3%) for June, what underlying player behavior shifts or operational adjustments are driving these vertical-specific performances?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[17025],"class_list":["post-777028609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-grand-korea-leisure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028609","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777028609"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777028631,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028609\/revisions\/777028631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777011925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777028609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777028609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777028609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}