{"id":777036452,"date":"2026-01-06T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036452"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:42:22","slug":"south-koreas-paradise-co-casino-revenue-rises-in-9-9-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-koreas-paradise-co-casino-revenue-rises-in-9-9-in-2025","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s Paradise Co casino revenue rises in 9.9% in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Casino sales from January to December were KRW900.5bn (US$623.6m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Paradise Co<\/strong> has shared its financial results for full-year 2025. The operator has reported casino sales of <strong>KRW900.5bn (US$623.6m)<\/strong>. That\u2019s a rise of 9.9 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Table-game<\/strong> sales were KRW846.3bn (US$585.7m), up 10.3 per cent year-on-year, while <strong>machine game<\/strong> sales were KRW54.2bn (US$37.5m), a 4.1 per cent increase. Paradise Co\u2019s aggregate table drop was KRW7.15 trillion, up 4.1 per cent compared to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for <strong>December\u2019s figures<\/strong>, the operator reported casino sales of KRW75.4bn (US$52.2m), down 5.4 per cent <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-posts-strong-casino-revenue-in-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from November<\/a> but 7.6 per cent ahead compared with the same month in 2024. Monthly table game revenue came in at KRW69.8bn ($48.3m), 7.8 per cent behind November but up 5.2 per cent year-on-year. Slot machine revenue reached KRW5.6bn (US$3.9m), up 40.3 per cent sequentially and 49.3 per cent higher compared with December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Paradise-City.jpg\" alt=\"Paradise City.\" class=\"wp-image-777024757\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paradise City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paradise Co operates&nbsp;<strong>four casinos<\/strong>: Walkerhill in Seoul, Jeju Grand on Jeju Island, Busan Casino in the southern port city of Busan, and Paradise City, near the main international airport serving Seoul.&nbsp;It plans to begin construction on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-south-korea-paradise-co-to-begin-construction-on-new-hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new hotel in Seoul<\/a>&nbsp;with a target opening date in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18-floor hotel will have approximately\u00a0200 suites and five basement levels\u00a0offering services for foreign VIPs as part of a strategy to\u00a0attract more international high-rollers. The cost of the development is estimated between KRW500bn (US$360m) and KRW550bn (US$400m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, Paradise Co announced that it would complete its <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-to-complete-us145m-grand-hyatt-incheon-west-wing-acquisition\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-to-complete-us145m-grand-hyatt-incheon-west-wing-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquisition of the West Wing at the Grand Hyatt Incheon<\/a> today (January 6). The KRW210bn (US$145.2m) transaction, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-delays-purchase-of-grand-hyatt-incheon-west-tower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has faced delays since being announced in September<\/a>, marks a strategic expansion of the company\u2019s hotel infrastructure adjacent to its flagship Paradise City integrated resort.<\/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\/2026\/01\/grand-hyyatt-incheon-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\/paradise-co-to-complete-us145m-grand-hyatt-incheon-west-wing-acquisition'>Paradise Co to complete US$145m Grand Hyatt Incheon West Wing acquisition<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casino sales from January to December were KRW900.5bn (US$623.6m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777036456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Paradise Co reported a 9.9 per cent year-on-year increase in full-year 2025 casino sales, reaching KRW900.5bn (US$623.6m), driven by robust table game performance. The operator is strategically expanding its infrastructure with a new KRW500bn-550bn hotel in Seoul targeting foreign VIPs and completing the KRW210bn acquisition of Grand Hyatt Incheon's West Wing.","focusai_entities":"Paradise Co, Grand Hyatt Incheon","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Jeju Island, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"VIP Segment Strategy?","query":"What is Paradise Co's projected ROI and market share impact from the new Seoul hotel, specifically targeting the foreign VIP segment, considering the evolving regional competitive landscape?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Impact?","query":"How will the combined KRW710bn-760bn capital allocation for the new hotel and Grand Hyatt Incheon acquisition affect Paradise Co's debt-to-equity ratio and future dividend policy, impacting shareholder value?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,1705,152],"class_list":["post-777036452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-paradise-co","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036452","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=777036452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036463,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036452\/revisions\/777036463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}