{"id":777042999,"date":"2026-06-02T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042999"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:37:27","slug":"paradise-co-casino-revenue-rises-21-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-casino-revenue-rises-21-in-may","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Co casino revenue rises 21% in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Casino sales reached US$65m in the fifth month of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Paradise Co<\/strong> has shared its financial results for May, reporting casino sales of KRW98.9bn (US$65.1m). That\u2019s an increase of 21.2 per cent year-on-year and 13 per cent from April.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table-game<\/strong> sales were KRW81.7bn (US$53.8m), up 21.4 per cent year-on-year, while machine revenue <\/strong>reached KRW5.52bn (US$3.6m), an 18.2 per cent increase. The table drop amounted to KRW765.3bn (US$504m), up 18 per cent year-on-year and up 17.4 per cent compared with April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first five months of 2026<\/strong>, cumulative casino revenue reached KRW415.2bn (US$274m), up 10.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradise Co operates four casinos: 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. A planned\u00a0new hotel in Seoul<\/a>\u00a0has a target opening for 2028 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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Jeju Dream Tower casino sales up 19.5% in May<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Casino sales reached US$65m in the fifth month of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":3921,"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 robust financial results for May, with casino sales reaching KRW98.9bn (US$65.1m), marking a 21.2% year-on-year increase driven by strong table-game and machine revenue. This performance contributed to a 10.9% cumulative revenue growth for the first five months of 2026. The company also detailed strategic expansion plans, including a new Seoul hotel targeting international high-rollers by 2028, with an estimated development cost of US$360m-400m.","focusai_entities":"Paradise Co, Walkerhill, Jeju Grand, Busan Casino, Paradise City, Jeju Dream Tower","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Jeju Island, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"High-Roller Strategy Impact?","query":"What is the projected ROI and market share impact of Paradise Co's new Seoul hotel development, specifically targeting international high-rollers, on its overall GGR and NGR by 2028?"},{"label":"Regional Market Dynamics?","query":"How do Paradise Co's May 2026 performance metrics compare to the broader South Korean integrated resort market, particularly concerning VIP segment recovery and competitive pressures from other operators like Jeju Dream Tower?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[1705],"class_list":["post-777042999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-paradise-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042999","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=777042999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043011,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042999\/revisions\/777043011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}