Ministry posts partial amendment notice for Casino Business Operating Rules

South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism posted a notice of a partial amendment to the Casino Business Operating Rules on July 11, 2023, with the amendment text attached as a file¹. The same ministry posted a separate partial amendment notice for the Casino Computer Facility Standards on the same date².

Both notices appear in the ministry's directive, regulation and public notice section under legal materials¹. The Casino Business Operating Rules notice lists a posting date and an effective date of July 11, 2023, and records 1,835 views¹. The Casino Computer Facility Standards notice carries the same posting and effective dates and records 1,052 views². Both are handled by the ministry's Convergence Tourism Industry Division, telephone 044-203-2886, with the same named official, Lee Hang, listed as the person in charge¹.

The attached file for the Casino Business Operating Rules is named "개정본문 (카지노업 영업준칙 일부개정고시안 20230711).hwpx" and is 55KB¹. The attached file for the Casino Computer Facility Standards is named "개정본문 (카지노 전산시설 기준 일부개정고시안 20230711).hwpx" and is 60KB². The ministry's notice pages state that details are in the attached files and direct readers to download them¹.

The ministry's notice pages do not state what the amendments change, and the text of the amendments is not reproduced on the pages themselves¹. The pages note that the body text cannot be provided in braille because of the viewer system, and that readers who need to check the content should download the file¹. No effective date beyond July 11, 2023, no transition period and no compliance deadline for casino operators has been reported¹.

What it means for players

The Casino Business Operating Rules govern how casinos licensed in South Korea run their operations, and the Casino Computer Facility Standards cover the computer systems those casinos use¹. Both notices were posted and took effect on the same day, July 11, 2023¹. Because the amendment text sits in downloadable files rather than on the notice pages, the specific changes to operating practice or to computer facility requirements have not been reported¹. Until the amended text is read, players at South Korean casinos have no published account of what, if anything, changes for them at the table or in how games and systems are run. South Korea's casino market is split between one casino open to its own citizens and a set of foreigner-only casinos, a structure covered in the site's guide to gambling in South Korea.

What happens next

No next steps are given in the notices beyond the posting and effective dates of July 11, 2023¹. No public comment period, further amendment or follow-up announcement has been reported¹. The wider pattern of gambling law changes across the region is tracked in the site's guide to recent and pending gambling law changes in Asia, and the legal position in each market in gambling laws in Asia.