Seolleung off-course betting office closed

The Korea Racing Authority's Seolleung off-course betting office stopped trading on 30 November 2025, the National Gambling Control Commission's register of licensed gambling businesses shows¹. The office was in Gangnam district, Seoul¹.

The commission's listing records the closure as "한국마사회 선릉지사 '25.11.30.부 영업종료"¹.

Seolleung opened in September 1993 and operated on leased premises across floors G2 to G7, with a floor area of 4,989 square meters and a stated capacity of 1,025 people¹. In 2025, before it closed, it recorded total sales of 461 hundred million won, 55,566 admissions and 4,015 thousand bets issued¹.

The register lists 25 off-course betting offices for horse racing in South Korea¹. The three racecourses themselves are Seoul Race Park, Jeju Race Park and Busan-Gyeongnam Race Park, with a fourth, Yeongcheon Race Park, listed as scheduled to open in September 2026¹.

What it means for players

Seolleung was one of several off-course betting offices in Seoul where customers could place pari-mutuel bets on horse races away from a racecourse¹. Its closure removes one such location in the Gangnam area, leaving the remaining branches listed by the commission as the places where that form of betting is available¹. The register does not say whether another office will take its place, and no reason for the closure has been reported¹.

For anyone who used the branch, the practical effect is that bets on horse racing in South Korea can no longer be placed there. The commission's figures show the branch was among the smaller Seoul outlets by sales and admissions in 2025, well below branches such as Yeongdeungpo, which recorded 3,321 hundred million won in sales and 638,789 admissions over the same period¹.

What happens next

The commission's register lists Yeongcheon Race Park as scheduled to open in September 2026¹. No replacement for the Seolleung office has been reported¹.