Jeju Dream Tower Casino Sales Surge 115% Month‑on‑Month in October 2026

Lotte Tour Development Co Ltd reported October casino sales of just under KRW62.53 billion (US$46.6 million), a 115.4% month‑on‑month jump and a 24.1% increase year‑on‑year, in a filing to the Korea Exchange on Monday. The company operates the Jeju Dream Tower resort and its foreigner‑only casino on Jeju island.

Breakdown of October results

Table‑game sales were just over KRW60.35 billion, up 134.6% sequentially and up 24.9% year‑on‑year. Machine‑game sales declined 34.3% month‑on‑month but rose 5.5% year‑on‑year to just over KRW2.17 billion. October table drop — the amount paid for chips at tables — totalled nearly KRW327.42 billion, a 37.7% monthly increase and 27.5% higher than October 2025. Machine‑game hold for October was 5.6%, compared with 7.5% a year earlier; table hold was 18.4%, down 40 basis points from October 2025's 18.8%.

Year‑to‑date and ancillary figures

Cumulative casino sales for the first 10 months reached almost KRW455.56 billion, up 18.5% year‑on‑year. Total drop for the year to 31 October was almost KRW2.29 trillion, up 12.3% versus 2025. Lotte Tour's October hotel sales were slightly over KRW6.71 billion, a 6.7% month‑on‑month increase but 9.2% below October 2025.

Visitor numbers for October totalled 66,254, up 13.9% on October 2025's 58,166, and marginally below September's 66,393. The figures were disclosed in the company's filing to the Korea Exchange and cover operations at the Jeju Dream Tower.