{"id":777037573,"date":"2026-02-03T08:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777037573"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:46:13","slug":"grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-up-6-6-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-up-6-6-in-january","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure casino sales up 6.6% in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW36.6bn (US$25.3m) for the first month of the year. <\/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 January. Casino sales were KRW36.6bn (US$25.3m), up 6.6 per cent in year-on-year terms and 0.8 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table-game<\/strong> revenue was KRW33.08bn (US$22.8m), flat sequentially, but 5.3 per cent ahead January 2025. Machine game<\/strong> sales were KRW3.51bn (US$2.4m), up 19.9 per cent year-on-year and 8.7 per cent sequentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the full-year 2025, GKL posted casino sales of KRW425.33bn (US$294m)<\/a>, up 8 per cent from KRW393.61bn (US$267.94m) in 2024<\/a>. 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

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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\n

Earlier this week, GKL again insisted that it has no plans to develop a casino resort in Seoul<\/a>. In a filing submitted to the Korea Exchange on Monday, the company stated that it is not advancing any initiative to secure its own business site or to build a casino resort in the South Korean capital. The statement comes after media reports pointed to a potential expansion strategy by the state-run operator. The Korea Economic Daily had claimed that the company was preparing a Seoul-based casino project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> GKL makes clearer denial of plans for Seoul casino resort<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW36.6bn (US$25.3m) for the first month of the year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777037577,"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 KRW36.6bn (US$25.3m) for January, marking a 6.6% year-on-year increase, with full-year 2025 sales reaching KRW425.33bn (US$294m), up 8%. Concurrently, GKL reiterated its denial of plans to develop a new casino resort in Seoul, refuting recent media speculation.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, GKL, Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Korea Exchange, Korea Economic Daily, Seven Luck","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GKL Capital Allocation","query":"Given GKL's consistent denial of a Seoul casino resort, what are the projected capital expenditure priorities for 2025-2026 to drive organic growth or enhance existing foreigner-only casino assets?"},{"label":"South Korea Market Outlook","query":"How do GKL's January and full-year 2025 performance metrics, particularly the growth in machine-game sales, reflect the broader recovery and demand trends within South Korea's foreigner-only casino segment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,17025,152],"class_list":["post-777037573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-grand-korea-leisure","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037573","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=777037573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777037582,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037573\/revisions\/777037582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777037577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777037573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777037573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777037573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}