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Why is Kangwon Land the only casino Koreans can enter?
Article 11 of Korea's 1995 abandoned-mine-areas act lifts one casino out of the foreigner-only rule. The statute and its 2025 sunset, read 18 October 2026.
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How many foreigner-only casinos are there in South Korea?
17 foreigner-only casinos plus Kangwon Land, per the Korea Casino Association's member list read on 17 October 2026, with every venue by region.
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GKL monthly casino sales, 2026: the table
Grand Korea Leisure's 2026 casino sales month by month, from August's KRW31.11bn to May's KRW43.14bn, with hold and the nine-month total, sourced.
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Paradise Co monthly casino sales, 2026: the table
Paradise Co's 2026 casino sales month by month, from March's KRW49.5bn low to August's KRW104.91bn record, each figure sourced and dated.
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South Korea foreigner-only casino license requirements
Who grants a Korean foreigner-only casino licence, the statute behind it, how the NGCC sales ceiling treats it, and the Inspire permission KED reported.
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Who owns Paradise City Incheon? The 55/45 joint venture
Paradise City is owned by PARADISE SEGASAMMY, a joint venture of Paradise Co. and Sega Sammy. The ownership chain, each stake sourced and dated.
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Inspire vs Paradise City casino revenue: same 12 months
Inspire reports on an October-September year, Paradise by calendar year. We put the two Incheon casinos' revenue on the same twelve months.
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What Mohegan still owes on Inspire Korea: the ledger
Line by line, what Mohegan still owes on Inspire Korea after Bain took the resort: guarantees, letters of credit and the $100m support agreement, dated.
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Inspire Entertainment Resort still for sale? No buyer named
No buyer named: Bain's May 2025 open bid for MGE Korea ended without one, per iGB (Jan 2026). A dated timeline and the licence rules a new owner faces.
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Inspire Entertainment Resort under Bain Capital, assessed
Bain accelerated a US$275m loan and took Inspire in February 2025. The debt stack, the FY25 results and the sale listing on one dated page.
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Kangwon Land says it is building a foreigners-only zone inside Korea's locals-admitting casino
The country's protected domestic house is going after the segment where the growth has been — a segment that today accounts for about one percent of its own gate. Korea's 17 foreigner-only casinos grew visitors almost 19% last year, per the report; Kangwon Land grew 4.5%.
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Jeju Dream Tower's 2026, assessed
A reported KRW51.59bn July — the property's best casino month of 2026 — caps a genuine operating story. The cost side of the ledger is where the risk now lives.
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South Korea eyes casino tourism levy hike to 15% of revenue
A proposal reported in July would lift operators' tourism-fund contribution to 15% of casino revenue — a straight haircut to margins in the foreigner-only segment.