{"id":777048414,"date":"2026-10-09T08:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048414"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:34:32","slug":"older-customers-account-for-over-50-of-kangwon-land-casinos-frequent-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/older-customers-account-for-over-50-of-kangwon-land-casinos-frequent-visitors","title":{"rendered":"Older customers account for over 50% of Kangwon Land casino\u2019s frequent visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data has prompted a lawmaker to call for stronger measures to identify and prevent excessive gambling among older customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key takeaways<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People aged 60 and above accounted for 50.1 per cent of Kangwon Land\u2019s frequent visitors between January 1 and September 15, 2026 and 41.5 per cent of total casino admissions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Admissions by the age group increased by 36.6 per cent between 2022 and 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawmaker Cha Kyu-keun has called for stronger gambling harm prevention measures, including closer monitoring of repeat visits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>South Korea.- People aged 60 and above accounted for half of the frequent visitors to South Korea\u2019s <strong>Kangwon Land<\/strong> casino between January 1 and September 15, 2026, according to data released by lawmaker <strong>Cha Kyu-keun<\/strong>. The figures obtained from the casino operator showed that 6,304 of the 12,586 customers who visited on at least 30 separate days during the period were aged 60 or older, representing 50.1 per cent of frequent visitors. Of 2,437 people who visited the casino on at least 60 days, 1,172 were aged 60 and above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data showed that older customers were three times as likely as younger visitors to make at least 30 visits. Some 7.2 per cent of over 60s reached that threshold, compared with 2.4 per cent of those under 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference was particularly notable when compared with the casino\u2019s overall customer base. Kangwon Land recorded 349,289 individual visitors during the period, including 87,533 people aged 60 or older. The older group therefore represented 25.1 per cent of all visitors but half of those who made at least 30 visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures also showed a sustained increase in casino admissions by older customers over the past three years. Admissions by people aged 60 and above rose from 711,659 in 2022 to 972,440 in 2025, an increase of 36.6 per cent. Their share of total admissions climbed from 34.2 per cent in 2022 to 34.7 per cent in 2023, 37.4 per cent in 2024 and 39.2 per cent in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By September 15, 2026, older customers had recorded 718,568 admissions, accounting for 41.5 per cent of the casino\u2019s total. Unlike individual visitor figures, admissions count every entry, including repeat visits by the same person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The findings have prompted Cha, a member of South Korea\u2019s National Assembly, to call for stronger measures to identify and prevent excessive gambling among older customers. He urged Kangwon Land to introduce targeted interventions, including closer monitoring of repeat visits and referrals to professional counselling services for customers who need support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kangwon Land, located in Jeongseon County, is the only casino in South Korea where domestic residents are legally permitted to gamble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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\/2026\/09\/15690e6a-f2ef-432f-8370-e0efab238182-300x200.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\/jeongseon-residents-oppose-proposed-kangwon-land-customer-checks\">Jeongseon residents oppose proposed Kangwon Land customer checks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The data has prompted a lawmaker to call for stronger measures to identify and prevent excessive gambling among older customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777031349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Data from South Korea's Kangwon Land casino indicates that customers aged 60 and above constitute a disproportionately high percentage of frequent visitors and total admissions, with their engagement increasing significantly over recent years. This trend has prompted lawmaker Cha Kyu-keun to advocate for enhanced responsible gambling measures, including closer monitoring of repeat visits and targeted interventions for older demographics.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land, Cha Kyu-keun, National Assembly of South Korea","focusai_location":"South Korea, Jeongseon County","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.98)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Kangwon Land Governance Impact?","query":"How will Kangwon Land's existing governance framework and responsible gambling policies be adapted to address the specific risks associated with increased engagement from older demographics, and what is the projected timeline for implementation?"},{"label":"Financial Implications of Controls?","query":"What are the anticipated financial implications for Kangwon Land, including potential impacts on GGR, NGR, and operational expenditure, if stricter responsible gambling measures and intervention protocols are mandated and enforced?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[29,23911,152],"class_list":["post-777048414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-casino","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048414","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777048414"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048429,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048414\/revisions\/777048429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777031349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}