{"id":777038691,"date":"2026-03-04T07:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038691"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:52:09","slug":"grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-up-17-3-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-up-17-3-in-february","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure casino sales up 17.3% in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW38.08bn (US$25.8m) for the second 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 February. Casino sales were KRW38.08bn (US$25.8m)<\/strong>, up 17.3 per cent in year-on-year terms and 4 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table-game revenue was KRW34.75bn (US$23.6m), 15.9 per cent ahead of February 2025, and up 5 per cent compared to January<\/a>. Machine game sales were KRW3.32bn (US$2.3m), up 35 per cent year-on-year, but 5.4 per cent down sequentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first two months of the year, Grand Korea Leisure reported casino sales of KRW74.67bn (US$50.6m), up 11.8 per cent compared to the January-February period of 2025. Table games accounted for KRW67.84bn (US$46m), a 10.5 per cent year-on-year increase, while machine games brought in KRW6.84bn (US$4.6m), up 26.8 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

Last month, GKL insisted that it has\u00a0no plans to develop a casino resort in Seoul<\/a>. The Korea Economic Daily had claimed that the company was preparing to develop its own venue in the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Jeju Dream Tower casino sales up 44.3% in February<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GKL has posted casino sales of KRW38.08bn (US$25.8m) for the second month of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777038694,"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 February casino sales of KRW38.08bn (US$25.8m), a 17.3% year-on-year increase, with table games and machine games showing robust growth. Year-to-date casino sales reached KRW74.67bn (US$50.6m), up 11.8% compared to the prior year, primarily from its foreigner-only casinos in Seoul and Busan. GKL recently denied claims of developing a new casino resort in Seoul.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, GKL, Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, The Korea Economic Daily, Seven Luck, Jeju Dream Tower","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific market conditions or operational efficiencies contributed to GKL's significant year-on-year GGR growth in February, particularly in table games, and how sustainable is this trend?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Strategy?","query":"Given the denial of a new Seoul resort, what are GKL's revised capital allocation priorities for enhancing existing foreigner-only casino assets or exploring other growth vectors within its current operational framework?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,24619,17025,152],"class_list":["post-777038691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-grand-korea-leisure","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038691","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=777038691"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038726,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038691\/revisions\/777038726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777038694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}