{"id":777034092,"date":"2025-11-04T08:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777034092"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:29:54","slug":"gkl-casino-sales-down-6-5-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gkl-casino-sales-down-6-5-in-october","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure casino sales down 6.5% in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW28.56bn (US$20.4m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)<\/strong> has shared its financial results for the month of October. Casino sales were down 17.9 per cent in month-on-month terms, from KRW34.78bn (US$26m) to KRW28.56bn (US$20.4m)<\/strong>. Compared to the previous year, casino sales were down 6.5 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table-game<\/strong> revenue was KRW25.15bn (US$20.2m), down 19.8 per cent sequentially and 9.5 per cent behind October 2024. Machine game <\/strong>sales were flat sequentially at KRW3.41bn, but 24.8 per cent higher year-on-year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profit for the third quarter of 2025<\/strong> was KRW14.67bn<\/strong> (US$10.02m), an increase of 142.7 per cent <\/strong>year-on-year but down 13.5 per cent<\/strong> compared to the previous quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first ten months of the year<\/strong>, Grand Korea Leisure has reported casino sales of KRW347.28bn (US$247.8m), up 9.2 per cent compared to the January-October period of 2024. Table games accounted for KRW314.42bn (US$224.4m), an 8.7 per cent year-on-year increase, while machine games brought in KRW32.83bn (US$23.4m), up 14.9 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos under the Seven Luck brand. Two are situated in the capital, Seoul, including one in Gangnam, and the other is 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.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau October GGR sets new post-pandemic record<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW28.56bn (US$20.4m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777023822,"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 October casino sales of KRW28.56bn (US$20.4m), representing a 17.9% month-on-month decline, yet year-to-date sales for January-October reached KRW347.28bn (US$247.8m), marking a 9.2% increase. Q3 2025 profit surged 142.7% year-on-year to KRW14.67bn (US$10.02m), despite a 13.5% sequential dip. GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos in South Korea under the Seven Luck brand and is a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, GKL, Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Seven Luck","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"October Sales Decline Factors?","query":"What specific geopolitical or tourism-related factors influenced the sequential decline in GKL's October casino sales, particularly within the foreigner-only segment?"},{"label":"GKL's Strategic Policy Impact?","query":"Given GKL's affiliation with the Korea Tourism Organization, what are the long-term strategic implications of these mixed financial results for South Korea's broader tourism and gaming policy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,492,2054,152],"class_list":["post-777034092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-gkl","tag-revenue","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034092","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=777034092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777034548,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034092\/revisions\/777034548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777023822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777034092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777034092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777034092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}