{"id":777043127,"date":"2026-06-04T07:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043127"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:44:54","slug":"grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-jump-40-8-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-jump-40-8-in-may","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure casino sales up 40.8% in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GKL has posted casino sales of US$28m for the fifth 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 May. Casino sales were KRW43.13bn (US$28m)<\/strong>, up 40.8 per cent in year-on-year terms and 7.3 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table-game<\/strong> revenue was KRW38.84bn (US$25.2m), up 43.3 per cent from May 2025 and 4.9 per cent compared to April<\/a>. Machine game<\/strong> sales were KRW4.29bn (US$2.8m), up 21.5 per cent year-on-year and 35.5 per cent sequentially.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first five months of the year<\/strong>, Grand Korea Leisure reported casino sales of KRW189.97bn (US$123.4m), up 8.5 per cent compared to the January-May period of 2025. Cumulative table game sales for the first five months of 2026 amounted to KRW172.15bn (US$111.8m), up 7.7 per cent year-on-year, while machine game sales rose 17 per cent to KRW17.83bn (US$11.6m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos<\/strong> under the Seven Luck brand: two in the capital, Seoul (including one in Gangnam) and the other in the southeastern port city of Busan. It operates as a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Recently, the company announced a plan<\/a> to generate casino revenue of KRW503.8bn (US$333.8m) by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Paradise Co casino revenue rises 21% in May<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GKL has posted casino sales of US$28m for the fifth month of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777023822,"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 robust May 2026 casino sales of US$28m, marking a 40.8% year-on-year increase, driven by strong performance in both table and machine games. Cumulative sales for the first five months reached US$123.4m, up 8.5% YoY, positioning the state-affiliated operator towards its ambitious US$333.8m revenue target by 2030.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Paradise Co, Seven Luck","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GKL 2030 Target Feasibility?","query":"What specific strategic initiatives or market conditions are anticipated to drive GKL's projected casino revenue growth to KRW503.8bn by 2030, particularly given its foreigner-only operational model?"},{"label":"South Korea Market Dynamics?","query":"How does GKL's May performance compare to the broader South Korean foreigner-only casino market, and what are the key drivers behind the significant year-on-year GGR increase?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,17025,152],"class_list":["post-777043127","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\/777043127","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=777043127"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043139,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043127\/revisions\/777043139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777023822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}