Grand Korea Leisure reported May 2026 casino sales of KRW43.13bn, up 40.8% year on year and 7.3% from April, according to Korea Exchange figures. Table-game sales reached KRW38.84bn, while machine-game sales were KRW4.29bn; January-to-May sales totalled KRW189.97bn, 8.5% higher than a year earlier.
May sales growth and segment figures help investors assess GKL’s casino performance.
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Grand Korea Leisure reported net profit of KRW15.09bn for the first quarter, down 6.3% year on year, according to unaudited results filed with the Korea Exchange. Operating income fell 10% to KRW18.15bn, while group-wide sales increased 0.7% to KRW110.65bn and casino sales rose 6% to KRW138.16bn.
Grand Korea Leisure reported October casino sales of KRW29.3bn, equivalent to US$21.8m, reportedly up 2.5% year on year.
Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) posted October casino sales of KRW29.3 billion (US$21.8 million), up 2.5% year-on-year.
Grand Korea Leisure reported September casino sales of KRW37.28 billion, up 7.2% year on year, while casino drop fell 5.2% from August. Third-quarter sales increased 1.1% year on year to KRW110.07 billion, and the group’s nine-month sales rose 5.8% to KRW337.24 billion.
Grand Korea Leisure reported September casino revenue of KRW37.3bn (US$27.7m). The foreigner-only casino operator recorded a 7.2% increase compared with the same month a year earlier.
Reportedly, NH Investment & Securities expects rising tourism to support South Korea’s foreigner-only casinos, particularly mass-market play. The brokerage forecasts 23 million inbound visitors in 2026 but cautions that VIP gaming may benefit less. It recommends watching September and October figures to assess demand.
NH Investment & Securities expects record inbound tourism to support South Korea's foreigner-only casinos, with the benefit likely to be stronger for mass-market gaming than for VIP play, the brokerage said. Analyst Lee Hwa-jeong said South Korea received 12.8 million inbound visitors in the first seven months of 2026, an all-time high for the period, and NH Investment expects the full-year tally to reach 23 million.