Gyeonggi Province's Office of Education has entered into a youth gambling prevention agreement with South Korea's Gambling Control Commission (KGCC) to tackle rising gambling exposure among schoolchildren through smartphones.
GKL’s August casino sales collapsed 25.4% month-on-month to US$23 million, signaling a sharp contraction in South Korea’s foreigner-only gaming sector despite a 10.5% surge in total casino drop.
Kangwon Land’s new CEO Kim Do-gyun pledges to transform the High1 Resort into a regional tourism hub, investing KRW3 trillion in the K-HIT project to link casino operations with local heritage sites.
South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is investigating Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd for allegedly inflating 2025 casino-visit figures by 35.4%.
Wildz secured the first Finnish gambling licence. CEO Sam Brown plans to launch 11 brands in the country when private online gaming opens on 1 July 2027.
The Curaçao Gaming Authority is launching a temporary licensing portal on 19 October after a data breach exposed licence holder information between December 2025 and September 2026.
Italian retail gambling concessions expire on 31 December 2026 while the reorganisation decree stalls. AGSI wants bridging measures for gaming machines, horse racing and sports betting.