{"id":777031965,"date":"2025-09-22T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031965"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:58:37","slug":"kangwon-land-receives-green-light-for-updates-in-foreigner-only-gaming-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-receives-green-light-for-updates-in-foreigner-only-gaming-operations","title":{"rendered":"Kangwon Land receives green light for updates in foreigner-only gaming operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The approved changes include the addition of two new machine games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism<\/strong> has approved Kangwon Land\u2019s casino business change report and the revised Operational Rules for the Foreigner-Only Gaming Floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the changes is the addition of two new machine games<\/strong> on the foreigner-only floor, raising the number from 1,610 to 1,612. The updated breakdown comprises 60 slot machines and 1,552 video machines. Changes also include the introduction of a new maximum betting limit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annexe table on Game Types and Betting Limits<\/strong> establishes a new maximum betting limit of KRW50,000 (US$36). This applies specifically to the newly added games. In addition, two foreign exchange machines will be installed, one near the fourth-floor exchange counter and another within the fifth-floor foreigner-only gaming floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kangwon Land is South Korea\u2019s only casino that permits local citizens.In July, the company announced it has\u00a0pushed back\u00a0<\/strong>the opening of a\u00a0second casino\u00a0from late 2027 to early 2028<\/a>. The five-level structure, including two basement and three above-ground floors, will cover 18,430 square metres and house both gaming and non-gaming zones. It will add 50 tables and 250 gaming machines to the resort\u2019s portfolio, bringing the total to 250 tables and 1,610 machines.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Kangwon Land unveils design of second casino<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The approved changes include the addition of two new machine games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777031969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has approved Kangwon Land's operational changes, including the addition of two new machine games and a KRW50,000 maximum betting limit on its foreigner-only gaming floor. This minor expansion of machine games from 1,610 to 1,612, alongside the installation of new foreign exchange machines, reflects ongoing regulatory oversight of the integrated resort's gaming offerings. Separately, Kangwon Land has delayed the opening of its second casino from late 2027 to early 2028.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of the two new machine games and the revised betting limits on Kangwon Land's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) from its foreigner-only floor?"},{"label":"Regulatory precedent?","query":"Does the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism's approval of these specific operational changes set any new regulatory precedents for other integrated resorts in South Korea?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,23908,16471],"class_list":["post-777031965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-kangwon-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031965","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=777031965"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031975,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031965\/revisions\/777031975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777031969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}