South Korean foreigner-only casino operator Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) reported casino sales of KRW43.13 billion ($28 million) in May, up 40.8 percent year-on-year and 7.3 percent higher than the previous month, according to a filing submitted to the Korea Exchange.
The company, which operates Seven Luck-branded casinos in South Korea, said table game sales reached KRW38.84 billion ($25.2 million) during the month, rising 43.3 percent from KRW27.11 billion ($17.6 million) in the same period last year. Compared with April, table sales increased 4.9 percent.
Machine game sales totaled KRW4.29 billion ($2.8 million), up 21.5 percent from KRW3.53 billion ($2.3 million) a year earlier. On a month-on-month basis, machine sales rose 35.5 percent from KRW3.16 billion ($2.1 million).
For the January to May period, GKL’s cumulative casino sales reached KRW189.97 billion ($123.4 million), representing an 8.5 percent increase from KRW175.06 billion ($113.7 million) in the same period last year.
Cumulative table game sales for the first 5 months of 2026 amounted to KRW172.15 billion ($111.8 million), up 7.7 percent year-on-year. Machine game sales over the same period rose 17 percent to KRW17.83 billion ($11.6 million), compared with KRW15.24 billion ($9.9 million) a year earlier.
