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Lotte Tour Development Co Ltd has closed its Jeju Lotte Tour Casino on the southern coast of the South Korean holiday island of Jeju, with effect from Friday morning. That was in preparation for moving the gaming licence to the group’s new foreigner-only casino at the new Jeju Dream Tower complex on the north coast, a company representative has confirmed after a telephone enquiry by GGRAsia.
A representative at the Jeju local government also confirmed to GGRAsia the closure of Jeju Lotte’s casino, pending the relocation.
Won Hee-ryong, governor of the Jeju Special Self-governing Province, signed on Thursday morning a document considered mandatory before Lotte Tour Development can transfer its casino licence for Jeju.
Won Hee-Ryong. GGRAsia detailed that
this latter consent has now been granted despite protests from a number of local citizen groups.
Compulsory check:
Jeju Dream Tower could now begin welcoming guests
from as soon as next month following a mandatory inspection by the
Jeju Casino Business Supervisory Committee that is expected to take approximately 30 days. Lotte Tour Development Company Limited purportedly submitted the gambling-friendly scheme to an official Casino Impact Study Assessment in August that awarded the project with a ‘
suitable’ mark.
Significant stipulations:
In return for his endorsement of the plan to bring a casino to Jeju Dream Tower and 57-year-old Won reportedly obliged the provincial council for Jeju Province to insert