Gambling Statistics in Korea
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(million, %)

Annual Amount
2024 Casino¹ Horse-
racing
Bicycle-
racing
Motor
boat-
racing
Lottery Sports
Toto
Bullfig
hting
Total
Kangwon Land Only for foreigners
Turnover
(share)
13,641 18,614 65,139 15,664 6,258 73,300 60,103 304 253,023
(5.4) (7.4) (25.7) (6.2) (2.5) (29.0) (23.8) (0.1) (100)
GGY²
(gross gambling yield)
(share)
13,641 18,614 17,459 4,380 1,748 35,275 22,524 85 113,726
(12.0) (16.4) (15.4) (3.9) (1.5) (31.0) (19.8) (0.1) (100)
Number of visitors
(Thousand people)
2,373 2,944 9,544 2,407 1,142 - - 391 18,801
Average betting
price per person³
(WON)
57.5 63.2 68 70 55 - - 7.7 321.4
Number of premises
(Off-course)
1 17 3 3 1 8,865 6,531 1 15,422
- - (26) (15) (14) - - - (55)
Taxes National
taxes
2,138 880 3,580 576 191 - - 10.7 7,375.7
Local taxes 198 96 9,198 2,318.5 876 - - 46.1 12,732.6
Total taxes 2,336 976 12,778 2,894.5 1,067 - - 56.8 20,108.3
Tax
contribution
rate to GGY
17.1 5.2 73.2 66.1 61.0 - - 66.8 17.7
Funds⁴ Total funds 3,132 1,791 1,265 368 156 32,203 18,681 - 57,596
Fund
contribution
rate to GGY
23.0 9.6 7.2 8.4 8.9 91.3 82.9 0 50.4

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.