{"id":777036457,"date":"2026-01-06T08:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036457"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:42:03","slug":"grand-korea-leisures-2025-casino-sales-climb-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisures-2025-casino-sales-climb-8","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure full-year casino sales rise 8%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW425.33bn (US$294m) for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)<\/strong> has shared its financial results for the year 2025. The company posted casino sales of KRW425.33bn (US$294m), up 8 per cent from KRW393.61bn (US$267.94m) in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table-game<\/strong> sales were KRW385.49bn (US$266.8m), up 7.5 per cent year-on-year. Machine-game<\/strong> sales were KRW39.44bn (US$27.3m), 13.1 per cent higher compared to 2024. The drop was KRW3.70tn (US$2.56bn), an increase of 1.5 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December<\/strong>, casino sales amounted to KRW36.30bn (US$25.1m), a 13 per cent drop sequentially, and down 6.4 per cent down from December 2024. Table-game revenue was KRW33.07bn (US$22.9m), down 7.4 per cent. Machine game sales were KRW3.23bn (US$2.2m), an increase of 5.6 per cent year-on-year, but down 4.1 per cent from the prior month.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos<\/strong> under the Seven Luck brand. Two are situated 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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Fitch Ratings expects Macau GDP to grow by 4.5% in 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW425.33bn (US$294m) for 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777036460,"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 casino sales of KRW425.33bn (US$294m) for 2025, an 8% increase year-on-year, driven by growth in both table and machine game segments. Despite strong annual performance, December 2025 saw a sequential and year-on-year decline in overall casino sales. GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos in South Korea and is a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), Seven Luck, Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GKL Performance Drivers","query":"What specific market dynamics or operational efficiencies contributed to GKL's 8% year-on-year casino sales growth in 2025, and what factors led to the sequential decline in December?"},{"label":"Segmental Growth Analysis","query":"How does the 13.1% growth in machine-game sales compare to industry benchmarks for foreigner-only casinos, and what strategic investments are planned to sustain this segment's momentum?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,492,152],"class_list":["post-777036457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-gkl","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036457","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=777036457"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036465,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036457\/revisions\/777036465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}