{"id":777048172,"date":"2026-10-05T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048172"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:54:27","slug":"paradise-co-september-casino-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-september-casino-revenue","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Paradise Co sales dip in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casino sales reached US$64.5m in the ninth month of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea.- <strong>Paradise Co <\/strong>has shared its financial results for September, reporting casino revenue of KRW86.73bn (US$64.5m). That\u2019s an increase of 38.2 per cent year-on-year but down 16.8 per cent from <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-casino-revenue-reaches-new-high-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August&#8217;s record<\/a> KRW104.3bn (US$77.6m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table-game sales were KRW81.1bn (US$60.4m), up 40.4 per cent year-on-year, but down 17.9 per cent month-to-month. Machine revenue grew by 12.6 per cent year-on-year and 3.2 per cent month-on-month to KRW5.6bn (US$4.20m). The table drop amounted to KRW605.11bn, up 6.6 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first nine months of 2026, cumulative casino revenue reached KRW744.6bn (US$554m), up 10.8 per cent compared with the same period in 2025. Table sales increased 10.3 per cent to KRW697.29bn, while machine sales grew 19 per cent to KRW47.30bn. Cumulative table drop totalled KRW5.77trn (US$4.29bn) through September, up 8.1 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/paradise-co-reports-higher-q2-revenue-as-net-income-falls-24-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Co<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-south-korea-paradise-co-to-begin-construction-on-new-hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new hotel in Seoul<\/a>&nbsp;has a target opening for 2028 as part of a strategy to attract more international high-rollers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/9dd5b0f0-4592-4dc1-893c-d1365c642650-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/jeju-casino-inspections-chinese-tourists\">Jeju launches casino checks for China&#8217;s Golden Week<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casino sales reached US$64.5m in the ninth month of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777048176,"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 September 2026 casino revenue of US$64.5m, marking a 38.2% year-on-year increase but a 16.8% month-on-month decline from August's record. Cumulative nine-month revenue reached US$554m, up 10.8% year-on-year, driven by strong table and machine sales. The operator is pursuing strategic expansion, including a new Seoul hotel targeting international high-rollers by 2028.","focusai_entities":"Paradise Co","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Jeju Island, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Analyze M-o-M Decline","query":"What specific market dynamics or operational factors contributed to Paradise Co's 16.8% month-on-month revenue decline in September, despite robust year-on-year growth?"},{"label":"High-Roller Strategy Impact","query":"How is Paradise Co's strategy to attract international high-rollers, including the planned 2028 Seoul hotel, expected to impact its GGR mix and NGR margins, and what are the associated capital market implications?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,1705,152],"class_list":["post-777048172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-paradise-co","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048172","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=777048172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048185,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048172\/revisions\/777048185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777048176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}