Gambling Statistics in Korea
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(Hundred million won, %)

Annual Amount
2022 Casino¹ Horse-
racing
Bicycle-
racing
Motor
boat-
racing
Lottery Sports
Toto
Bullfig
hting
Total
Kangwon Land Only for foreigners
Turnover
(share)
12,235 7,145 63,969 16,865 6,209 64,292 58,090 296 229,101
5.3 3.1 27.9 7.4 2.7 28.1 25.4 0.1 100
GGY²
(gross gambling yield)
(share)
12,235 7,145 17,146 4,717 1,734 31,134 21,919 83 96,113
12.7 7.4 17.8 4.9 1.8 32.4 22.8 0.1 100
Number of visitors
(Thousand people)
2,084 1,105 9,319 2,357 1,072 - - 165 -
Average betting
price per person³
(WON)
58.7 65 69 58.4 57.9 - - 2.0 -
Number of premises
(Off-course)
1 16 3 3 1 - - 1 25
- - 27 17 16 - - - 60
Taxes National
taxes
1,692 192 3,851 605.9 199 - - 10.5 6,550.4
Local taxes 164 48 9,254 2,381 869 - - 42.2 12,758.2
Total taxes 1,856 240 13,105 2,986.8 1,068 - - 52.7 19,308.5
Tax
contribution
rate to GGY
15.2 3.4 76.4 63.3 61.6 - - 63.5 20.1
Funds⁴ Total funds 2,808 663 814 2 2 29,500 18,262 - 52,051
Fund
contribution
rate to GGY
22.9 9.3 4.75 0.04 0.1 94.8 83.3 0 54.2

1) As stated in the Article 30 of the Enforcement Decree of the Tourism Promotion Act, the turnover from Casinos is equal to the GGY (the real expenditure from customers).
2) GGY: Turnover-prize
3) Average betting price per person: turnover/number of visitors
4) In 2021, bullfighting did not see profit thus no contributions were made for funds.