Casino sales at Jeju Dream Tower rose 19.5 percent year-on-year in May to KRW49.42 billion ($32.75 million), according to figures disclosed by operator Lotte Tour Development.
The May figure compares to KRW 41.36 billion (US$27.41 million) recorded in the same month last year.
On a month-on-month basis, casino sales increased 1.0 percent from KRW48.94 billion ($32.43 million) in April.
Table game sales accounted for most of the total, rising 19.3 percent year-on-year to KRW47.00 billion ($31.14 million). Machine sales increased 23.6 percent to KRW2.43 billion ($1.61 million).
Casino drop also increased in May, reaching KRW256.77 billion a($170.15 million), compared with KRW216.33 billion ($143.35 million) a year earlier and KRW237.67 billion ($157.49 million) in April.
Casino visitor volume stood at 63,192 in May, up 23.4 percent from 51,207 in May 2025 and 8.0 percent from 58,534 in April 2026.
For the first 5 months of 2026, casino sales reached KRW216.99 billion ($143.79 million), up 36.7 percent from KRW158.79 billion ($105.22 million) in the prior-year period. Table game sales totaled KRW206.54 billion ($136.86 million), while machine sales reached KRW10.45 billion ($6.93 million).
Hotel sales at Jeju Dream Tower came to KRW7.50 billion ($4.97 million) in May, down 5.4 percent year-on-year but up 1.7 percent from April.
The May result came as Jeju Dream Tower is expected to benefit from several growth factors cited by local brokerage Hana Securities. These include the launch of a new rolling chip program, which the brokerage said could add more than KRW100 billion ($66.27 million) in annual revenue for Lotte Tour Development, as well as additional gaming tables and slot machines and a higher allocation of hotel rooms for casino complimentary use.
