Jeju Dream Tower casino reported a significant surge in revenue for August 2025, with figures reaching KRW42.99 billion ($32.2 million), marking a 30.5 percent increase from KRW32.95 billion ($24.7 million) recorded in August 2024.
The integrated resort also achieved a new visitor record during the month.
According to provisional figures released by the company’s integrated resort team on September 1st, the year-over-year performance was driven primarily by table games, which generated KRW41.17 billion ($30.8 million) in August. This segment represented a 38.5 percent increase from the same month in 2024 and a 0.9 percent increase month-on-month
However, the overall monthly performance showed a slight decline of 1 percent compared to July 2025, indicating some cooling from the previous month’s momentum.
Machine games contributed KRW1.82 billion ($1.4 million) to August’s total revenue, showing a contrasting performance with a 43.5 percent year-over-year decrease. This segment also declined 2.2 percent compared to July, highlighting the stark difference in performance between table games and electronic gaming machines.
The resort’s visitor numbers reached an all-time high of 57,042 in August, setting a new record and surpassing July’s 56,691 visitors. The August tally represented a 0.62 percent increase from July and a substantial 52.1 percent jump from August 2024.
Hotel operations continued positive momentum, generating KRW8.37 billion ($6.3 million) in August, up 6.1 percent from July. However, hotel revenue declined 15.7 percent compared to August 2024, suggesting different recovery patterns between gaming and accommodation.
For the eight-month period from January to August 2025, cumulative casino revenue totaled KRW280.99 billion ($210.7 million), representing a 46.1 percent increase over the same period in 2024. Table games drove this growth trajectory, with revenue climbing 49.2 percent to KRW267.39 billion ($200.5 million), while machine games rose more modestly at 3.2 percent year-on-year to KRW13.60 billion ($10.2 million).
Cumulative hotel revenue for the first eight months declined 11.5 percent year-on-year to KRW52.22 billion, contrasting with the strong gaming performance.
The integrated resort, developed by Lotte Tour Development and opened in 2020, operates under a foreign-only admission policy. Notably, despite other casinos’ August results not yet being released, based on July data, Jeju Dream Tower Casino has overtaken Paradise Co. to become South Korea’s highest-earning casino.
