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Gambling Statistics in Korea

(million, %)

Annual Amount
2025		Casino¹⁾		Horse- racing	Bicycle- racing	Motorboat- racing	Lottery	Sports Toto	Bullfighting	Total
2025		Kangwon Land	Only for foreigners	Horse- racing	Bicycle- racing	Motorboat- racing	Lottery	Sports Toto	Bullfighting	Total
Turnover (share)		14,317	22,638	64,240	15,358	6,050	76,589	60,828	253	260,273
Turnover (share)		(5.5)	(8.7)	(24.7)	(5.9)	(2.3)	(29.4)	(23.4)	(0.1)	(100)
GGY²⁾ (gross gambling yield) (share)		14,317	22,638	17,214	4,292	1,689	36,704	21,687	71	118,612
GGY²⁾ (gross gambling yield) (share)		(12.1)	(19.1)	(14.5)	(3.6)	(1.4)	(30.9)	(18.3)	(0.1)	(100)
Number of visitors (Thousand people)		2,479	3,494	8,563	2,362	905	0	0	402	18,205
Number of online users (Thousand people)		0	0	113	60	54	2,652	654	0	3,533
Average betting price per person³⁾ (WON)		58	65	75	65	67	0	0	6.3	68
Number of premises (Off-course)		1	17	3	3	1	9,530	6,490	1	16,046
Number of premises (Off-course)		(0)	(0)	(25)	(15)	(14)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(54)
Taxes	National taxes	2,269	1,170	3,531	544.7	193	0	0	9.3	7,717
	Local taxes	217	306	9,015	2,169	847	0	0	35.9	12,590
	Total taxes	2,486	1,476	12,546	2,713	1,040	0	0	45.2	20,307
	Tax contribution rate to GGY	17.4	6.5	72.9	63.2	61.6	0	0	63.7	17.1
Funds⁴⁾	Total funds	3,547	2,195	370	430	117	32,794	18,028	0	57,481
Funds⁴⁾	Fund contribution rate to GGY	24.8	9.7	2.1	10.0	6.9	89.3	83.1	0	48.5

1) Under Article 30 of the Enforcement Decree of the Tourism Promotion Act, casino turnover is the same as GGY (the actual amount spent by customers).
2) GGY: Turnover minus prizes.
3) Average betting price per person: turnover divided by the number of visitors.
4) In 2025, bullfighting recorded a loss and therefore made no fund contribution.

Type of industry		Turnover			Number of visitors
Type of industry		2024	2025	Change rate	2024	2025	Change rate
Casino	Kangwon Land	13,641	14,317	5.0	2,373	2,479	4.5
	Only for foreigners	18,614	22,638	21.6	2,944	3,494	18.7
	Subtotal	32,255	36,955	14.6	5,317	5,973	12.3
Horse-racing	On-course	18,471	15,956	-13.6	3,646	3,245	-11.0
	Online	7,313	13,716	87.6	84	113	34.5
	Off-course	39,355	34,568	-12.2	5,898	5,318	-9.8
	Subtotal	65,139	64,240	-1.4	9,628	8,676	-9.9
Bicycle-racing	On-course	4,396	4,139	-5.8	808	799	- 1.1
	Online	5,896	6,445	9.3	64	60	-6.3
	Off-course	5,373	4,774	-11.1	1,599	1,563	-2.3
	Subtotal	15,665	15,358	-2.0	2,471	2,422	-2.0
Motorboat-racing	On-course	634	555	-12.5	190	186	-2.1
	Online	2,863	3,060	6.9	58	54	-6.9
	Off-course	2,760	2,435	-11.8	952	719	-24.5
	Subtotal	6,258	6,050	-3.3	1,200	959	-20.1
Lottery	Store	68,923	72,146	4.7	-	-	-
	Online	4,377	4,443	1.5	2,708	2,652	-2.1
	Subtotal	73,300	76,589	4.5	2,708	2,652	-2.1
Sports Toto	Store	51,498	48,589	-5.6	-	-	-
	Online	8,605	12,239	42.2	692	654	-5.5
	Subtotal	60,103	60,828	1.2	692	654	-5.5
Bullfighting		304	253	-16.8	391	402	2.8
Total		253,023	260,273	2.9	22,407	21,738	-3.0

Type of industry		2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Casino	Kangwon Land	16,277	15,230	14,001	14,816	4,435	7,750	12,235	13,202	13,641	14,317
	Only for foreigners	12,757	12,072	16,253	14,489	5,978	4,050	7,145	14,070	18,614	22,638
	Subtotal	29,034	27,302	30,254	29,305	10,413	11,800	19,380	27,272	32,255	36,955
Horse-racing	On-course	23,955	23,015	22,294	21,867	3,171	2,716	20,153	20,610	18,471	15,956
	Online	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	7,313	13,716
	Off-course	53,505	55,000	53,082	51,705	7,719	7,760	43,816	44,253	39,355	34,568
	Turnover	77,459	78,015	75,376	73,572	10,890	10,476	63,969	65,007	65,139	64,240
	GGY	20,795	20,935	20,216	19,724	2,919	2,716	17,146	17,422	17,459	17,214
Bicycle-racing	On-course	8,997	8,561	8,184	6,628	1,764	1,642	5,077	4,640	4,396	4,139
	Online	0	0	0	0	0	1,424	5,459	5,695	5,896	6,445
	Off-course	13,821	13,183	12,331	11,709	1,745	726	6,329	6,081	5,373	4,774
	Turnover	22,818	21,744	20,515	18,337	3,509	3,792	16,865	16,416	15,665	15,358
	GGY	6,386	6,080	5,737	5,130	982	1,060	4,717	4,589	4,380	4,292
Motorboat-racing	On-course	1,183	1,108	1,022	1,012	102	86	733	687	634	555
	Online	-	-	-	-	-	735	2,334	2,732	2,863	3,060
	Off-course	5,715	5,261	5,188	4,982	578	692	3,142	3,095	2,760	2,435
	Turnover	6,898	6,369	6,210	5,994	680	1,513	6,209	6,514	6,258	6,050
	GGY	1,926	1,778	1,734	1,674	190	423	1,734	1,819	1,748	1,689
Lottery	Turnover	38,855	41,538	43,848	47,933	54,152	59,753	64,292	67,517	73,300	76,589
Lottery	GGY	19,082	20,403	21,469	23,525	26,159	28,719	31,134	32,612	35,275	36,704
Sports Toto	Turnover	44,414	41,991	47,428	51,099	48,928	56,195	58,090	61,367	60,103	60,828
Sports Toto	GGY	16,050	15,777	17,241	19,066	18,467	21,295	21,919	22,487	22,524	21,687
Bullfighting	Turnover	299	304	273	267	25.8	229	296	271	304	253
Bullfighting	GGY	84	85	76	74	7	64	83	76	85	71
Total	Turnover	219,777	217,263	223,904	226,507	128,598	143,758	229,101	244,364	253,023	260,273
	(Change rate)	(7.2)	(-1.1)	(3.1)	(1.2)	(-43.2)	(11.8)	(59.4)	(6.7)	(3.5)	(2.9)
	GGY	93,357	92,360	96,726	98,498	59,137	66,076	96,113	106,207	113,726	118,612
	(Change rate)	(5.9)	(-1.1)	(4.7)	(1.8)	(-40.0)	(11.7)	(45.5)	(10.6)	(7.0)	(4.3)

Type of industry		2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Casino	Kangwon Land	3,170	3,115	2,852	2,895	599	844	2,084	2,413	2,373	2,479
	Only for foreigners	2,363	2,216	2,839	3,234	1,158	709	1,105	2,067	2,944	3,494
	Number of premises	5,533	5,331	5,691	6,129	1,757	1,553	3,189	4,480	5,317	5,973
Horse-racing	On-course	5,219	4,962	4,642	4,645	578	385	3,399	3,875	3,646	3,245
	Off-course	7,949	7,968	8,038	8,068	1,150	914	5,920	6,525	5,898	5,318
	Number of premises	13,168	12,930	12,680	12,713	1,728	1,299	9,319	10,400	9,544	8,563
Bicycle-racing	On-course	1,427	1,372	1,395	1,249	239	248	744	800	808	799
	Off-course	4,048	3,697	3,600	3,367	620	220	1,613	1,738	1,599	1,563
	Number of premises	5,475	5,069	4,995	4,616	859	468	2,357	2,538	2,407	2,362
Motorboat-racing	On-course	297	264	249	251	26	16	151	180	190	186
	Off-course	1,795	1,661	1,698	1,683	189	176	921	1,041	952	719
	Number of premises	2,092	1,925	1,947	1,934	215	192	1,072	1,221	1,142	905
Bullfighting	On-course	717	674	427	562	38.9	100	165	296	391	402
Total		26,985	25,929	25,740	25,954	4,598	3,612	16,102	18,935	18,801	18,205

Type of industry			2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Casino	Kangwon Land	National taxes	2,867	2,628	2,303	2,528	518	993	1,685	1,599	2,139	2,269
		local taxes	234	222	242	225	105	121	164	138	198	217
		subtotal	3,101	2,850	2,545	2,753	623	1,114	1,849	1,737	2,337	2,486
		funds	3,515	3,230	2,971	3,222	2,982	2,010	3,033	3,270	3,367	3,547
	Only for foreigners	National taxes	869	740	960	860	173	213	192	582	880	1,170
		local taxes	74	231	202	217	46	22	48	159	96	306
		subtotal	943	971	1,162	1,077	219	235	240	741	976	1,476
		funds	1,201	1,127	1,548	1,372	539	354	663	1,344	1,791	2,195
Horse-racing⁵⁾		National taxes	4,012	4,316	4,188	3,956	792	836	3,818	3,902	3,583	3,531
		local taxes	10,944	11,024	10,670	10,409	1,644	1,563	9,022	9,186	9,198	9,015
		subtotal	14,956	15,340	14,858	14,365	2,436	2,399	12,840	13,088	12,781	12,546
		funds	1,752	1,729	1,396	1,082	89	31	814	694	1,265	370
Bicycle-racing		National taxes	650	635	705	646	115	115	606	576	545	545
		local taxes	3,251	3,104	2,993	2,661	466	550	2,381	2,319	2211	2,169
		subtotal	3,901	3,739	3,698	3,307	581	665	2,987	2,895	2,756	2,714
		funds	771	626	453	358	13	4	2	321	382	430
Motorboat-racing		National taxes	174	166	187	182	22	41	199	208	191	193
		local taxes	966	892	869	839	95	212	869	912	876	847
		subtotal	1,140	1,058	1,056	1,021	117	253	1,068	1,120	1,067	1,040
		funds	167	114	51	65	6	1	2	134	157	117
Lottery		funds	16,672	17,328	18,972	21,714	22,555	26,075	29,500	30,447	32,203	32,794
Sports Toto		funds	13,021	12,932	14,052	15,611	15,293	17,728	18,262	18,580	18,681	18,028
Bullfighting		National taxes	6.9	10	9.6	9.9	3.6	8.5	10.5	9.3	10.7	9.3
		local taxes	22.9	43	38.7	37.9	3.9	32.2	42.2	34.4	46.1	35.9
		subtotal	29.8	53	48.3	47.8	7.5	40.7	52.7	43.7	56.8	45.2
		funds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total tax			24,071	24,011	23,367	22,571	3,984	4,707	19,037	19,625	19,974	20,307
Total funds			37,099	37,086	39,443	43,424	41,477	46,203	52,276	54,790	57,846	57,481