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Gambling Statistics in Korea

(Hundred million won, %)

Annual Amount
2023		Casino¹		Horse- racing	Bicycle- racing	Motor boat- racing	Lottery	Sports Toto	Bullfig hting	Total
2023		Kangwon Land	Only for foreigners	Horse- racing	Bicycle- racing	Motor boat- racing	Lottery	Sports Toto	Bullfig hting	Total
Turnover (share)		13,202	14,070	65,007	16,416	6,514	67,517	61,367	271	244,364
Turnover (share)		(5.4)	(5.8)	(26.6)	(6.7)	(2.7)	(27.6)	(25.1)	(0.1)	(100)
GGY² (gross gambling yield) (share)		13,202	14,070	17,442	4,589	1,819	32,612	22,487	76	106,297
GGY² (gross gambling yield) (share)		(12.4)	(13.2)	(16.4)	(4.3)	(1.7)	(30.7)	(21.2)	(0.1)	(100)
Number of visitors (Thousand people)		2,413	2,067	10,400	2,538	1,220	-	-	296	18,934
Average betting price per person³ (WON)		54.7	68	63	64.7	53	-	-	2.1	305.5
Number of premises (Off-course)		1	16	3	3	1	8,438	6,453	1	14,916
Number of premises (Off-course)		-	-	(27)	(15)	(14)	-	-	-	56
Taxes	National taxes	1,581	582	3,933	576	208	-	-	9.3	6,889.3
	Local taxes	138	159	9,407	2,319	912	-	-	34.4	12,969.4
	Total taxes	1,719	741	13,340	2,895	1,120	-	-	44.7	19,859.7
	Tax contribution rate to GGY	13.01	5.3	76.5	63.1	61.6	-	-	58.8	278.31
Funds⁴	Total funds	3,031	1,344	694	321	134	30,447	18,580	-	54,551
Funds⁴	Fund contribution rate to GGY	22.9	9.6	4.0	7.0	7.4	93.4	82.6	0	51.3

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.

Type of industry		Turnover		Change rate	Number of visitors		Change rate
Type of industry		2022	2023	Change rate	2022	2023	Change rate
Casino	Kangwon Land	12,235	13,202	8	2,084	2,413	16
	Only for foreigners	7,145	14,070	96.9	1,105	2,067	87.1
	Subtotal	19,380	27,272	40.7	3,189	4,480	40.5
Horse- racing	On-course	20,153	20,610	2.3	3,399	3,875	14.0
	Online	-	144	-	-	66	-
	Off-course	43,816	44,253	1.0	5,920	6,525	10.2
	Subtotal	63,969	65,007	1.6	9,319	10,400	11.6
Bicycle- racing	On-course	5,077	4,640	-8.6	744	800	7.5
	Online	5,459	5,695	4.3	62	65	4.8
	Off-course	6,329	6,081	-3.9	1,613	1,738	7.7
	Subtotal	16,865	16,416	-2.7	2,419	2,603	7.6
Motorboat- racing	On-course	733	687	-6.3	151	179	18.5
	Online	2,334	2,732	17.1	53	58	9.4
	Off-course	3,142	3,095	-1.5	921	1,041	13.0
	Subtotal	6,209	6,514	4.9	1,072	1,220	13.8
Lottery	Store	60,163	63,556	5.6	-	-	-
	Internet	3,679	3,961	7.7	-	-	-
	Subtotal	64,292	67,517	5.0	-	-	-
Sports Toto	Store	51,198	53,052	3.6	-	-	-
	Online	6,892	8,315	20.6	-	-	-
	Subtotal	58,090	61,367	5.6	-	-	-
Bullfighting		296	271	-8.4	165	296	79.3
Total		229,101	244,346	6.7	-	-	-

Type of industry		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Casino	Kangwon Land	14,220	15,604	16,277	15,230	14,001	14,816	4,435	7,750	12,235	13,202
	Only for foreigners	13,772	12,433	12,757	12,072	16,252	14,489	5,978	4,050	7,145	14,070
	Subtotal	27,992	28,037	29,034	27,302	30,254	29,305	10,413	11,800	19,380	27,272
Horse- racing	On-course	21,585	24,251	23,955	23,015	22,294	21,867	3,171	2,716	20,153	20,610
	online	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144
	Off-course	54,879	53,070	53,505	55,000	53,082	51,705	7,719	7,760	43,816	44,253
	Turnover	76,464	77,322	77,459	78,015	75,376	73,572	10,890	10,476	63,969	65,007
	GGY	20,526	20,767	20,795	20,935	20,216	19,724	2,919	2,806	17,146	17,422
Bicycle- racing	On-course	8,656	8,947	8,997	8,561	8,184	6,628	1,764	1,642	5,077	4,640
	Online	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,424	5,459	5,695
	Off-course	13,363	13,784	13,821	13,183	12,331	11,709	1,745	726	6,329	6,081
	Turnover	22,019	22,731	22,818	21,744	20,515	18,337	3,509	3,792	16,864	16,416
	GGY	6,161	6,359	6,386	6,080	5,737	5,130	982	1,060	4,717	4,589
Motorboat- racing	On-course	1,078	1,156	1,183	1,108	1,022	1,012	102	86	733	687
	Online	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	735	2,334	2,732
	Off-course	5,730	5,574	5,715	5,261	5,188	4,982	578	692	3,142	3,095
	Turnover	6,808	6,730	6,898	6,369	6,210	5,994	680	1,513	6,029	6,514
	GGY	1,901	1,879	1,926	1,778	1,734	1,674	190	423	1,734	1,819
Lottery	Turnover	32,827	35,551	38,855	41,538	43,848	47,933	54,152	59,753	64,292	67,517
Lottery	GGY	16,163	17,307	19,082	20,452	21,469	23,525	26,159	28,719	31,134	32,612
Sports Toto	Turnover	32,813	34,494	44,414	41,991	47,428	51,099	48,928	56,195	58,090	61,367
Sports Toto	GGY	13,728	13,722	16,050	15,777	17,241	19,066	18,467	21,295	21,919	22,487
Bullfighting	Turnover	10	177	299	304	273	267	25	229	296	271
Bullfighting	GGY	3	49	84	85	76	74	7	64	83	76
Total	Turnover	198,933	205,042	219,777	217,263	223,904	226,507	128,598	143,758	229,101	244,364
	(Change rate)	(1.1)	(3.1)	(7.2)	(-1.1)	(3.1)	(1.2)	(-43.2)	(-11.8)	(59.4)	(6.7)
	GGY	86,474	88,121	93,357	92,360	96,726	98,498	59,137	66,076	96,113	106,207
	(Change rate)	(2.8)	(1.9)	(5.9)	(-1.1)	(4.7)	(1.8)	(-40.0)	(11.3)	(45.5)	(10.5)

Type of industry		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Casino	Kangwon Land	3,007	3,133	3,169	3,115	2,852	2,895	599	844	2,084	2,413
	Only for foreigners	2,962	2,614	2,363	2,216	2,839	3,234	1,158	709	1,105	2,067
	Number of premises	5,969	5,747	5,532	5,331	5,691	6,129	1,757	1,553	3,189	4,480
Horse- racing	On-course	4,773	5,343	5,219	4,962	4,642	4,645	578	385	3,399	3,875
	Off-course	10,523	8,274	7,949	7,968	8,038	8,068	1,150	914	5,920	6,525
	Subtotal	15,296	13,617	13,168	12,930	12,680	12,713	1,728	1,299	9,319	10,400
Bicycle- racing	On-course	1,402	1,397	1,472	1,372	1,395	1,249	239	248	744	800
	Off-course	3,966	4,257	4,048	3,697	3,600	3,367	620	220	1,613	1,738
	Subtotal	5,368	5,654	5,520	5,069	4,995	4,616	859	468	2,357	2,538
Motorboat- racing	On-course	292	297	264	249	251	26	16	151	151	179
	Off-course	1,922	1,795	1,661	1,698	1,683	189	176	921	921	1,041
	Subtotal	2,214	2,092	1,925	1,947	1,934	215	192	1,072	1,072	1,220
Bullfighting	On-course	34	637	717	674	427	562	38.9	100	165	296
Total		29,054	27,899	27,063	25,928	25,740	25,955	4,601	3,612	16,102	18,934

Type of industry			2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Casino	Kangwon Land	national taxes	2,538	2,781	2,867	2,629	2,303	3,328	517	929	1,686	1,581
		local taxes	205	229	234	222	242	225	105	121	164	138
		subtotal	2,743	3,010	3,101	2,851	2,545	3,553	622	1,050	1,850	1,719
		funds	3,001	3,410	3,515	3,230	2,971	3,222	2,982	2,010	3,033	3,270
	Only for foreigners	national taxes	1,504	1,687	869	740	960	860	173	213	192	582
		local taxes	140	133	74	231	202	217	46	22	48	159
		subtotal	1,644	1,820	943	971	1,162	1,077	219	235	240	3,852
		funds	1,297	1,165	1,201	1,127	1,548	1,372	539	354	663	1,344
Horse- racing⁵		national taxes	3,314	3,412	4,041	4,344	4,239	3,983	867	841	3,851	3,933
		local taxes	10,922	11,056	11,142	11,223	10,857	10,597	1,670	1,601	9,254	9,407
		subtotal	14,236	14,468	15,183	15,567	15,096	14,580	2,537	2,442	13,105	5,277
		funds	1,825	1,847	1,752	1,729	1,396	1,082	89	31	814	694
Bicycle- racing		national taxes	601	645	650	635	705	646	115	117	606	576
		local taxes	3,092	3,237	3,251	3,104	2,993	2,661	466	550	2,381	2,319
		subtotal	3,693	3,882	3,901	3,739	3,698	3,307	581	667	2,987	2,895
		funds	480	714	770	626	453	358	13	4	2	321
Motorboat- racing		national taxes	164	165	174	166	187	182	22	41	199	208
		local taxes	953	942	966	892	869	839	95	212	869	912
		subtotal	1,117	1,107	1,140	1,058	1,056	1,021	117	253	1,068	1,120
		funds	70	184	167	114	51	65	6	1	2	134
Lottery		funds	15,499	16,257	16,672	17,328	18,972	21,714	22,555	26,075	29,500	30,447
Sports Toto		funds	10,826	11,007	13,021	12,932	14,052	15,611	15,293	17,728	18,262	18,580
Bullfighting		national taxes	4.6	12.5	6.9	10.0	9.6	9.9	3.6	8.5	10.5	9.3
		local taxes	1.5	12.0	22.9	43.0	38.7	37.9	3.9	32.2	42.2	34.4
		subtotal	6.1	24.5	29.8	53.0	48.3	47.8	7.5	40.7	52.7	44.7
		funds	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total tax			23,439.1	24,311.5	24,297.8	24,239.0	23,605.3	23,585.8	4,083.5	4,687.7	19,302.7	19,858.7
Total funds			33,021	34,605	37,117	37,106	39,464	43,446	41,481	46,203	52,051	54,551