Paradise Co reopened its Paradise Casino Jeju Grand on the island of Jeju last week, but has since reopened Paradise Casino in Incheon, Paradise Casino Walkerhill in Seoul and Paradise Casino Busan in Busan. The company said its March revenues fell by 60.5% year-on-year to US$16.1 million.
Also on Monday another foreigner-only casino operator, Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd – an affiliate of the Korea Tourism Organization, South Korea’s official tourism agency – announced an extension until next May 6th of its temporary closure of that group’s three gaming venues.
Kangwon Land Inc, the promoter of Kangwon Land, the only casino resort in South Korea where the country’s nationals are allowed to gamble, has had its gaming facility shuttered since February 23. Last week it announced it had extended again the temporary closure of its gaming venue. It now says it will reopen at 6am on May 4.
South Korea confirmed 13 new cases of the COVID-19 infection on Sunday, according to data from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It brought the total number of infections in the nation up to that point to 10,674, including 1,006 cases classified as imported.
Source: GMB / GGR Asia
