South Korea’s casino operators can’t seem to get their engines out of reverse as the country struggles with its pandemic third wave.

This week, Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) announced that it was closing its Seven Luck Casino in Busan due to a local surge in COVID-19 infections. The shutdown took effect on Tuesday (2) and will extend until the morning of Monday, December 15.

GKL’s announcement follows last week’s closure of its two other Seven Luck casinos in the capital Seoul as the region shifted to ‘Level 2’ of the country’s pandemic mitigation strategy. GKL’s casinos were already restricted to operating at just 20% of normal capacity when Seoul moved to Level 1.5 in mid-November.

The Seoul casinos are currently scheduled to reopen on December 8, but that appears doubtful. The country’s third wave is unlike the first two, which were largely based around concentrated hotspots rather than the widespread infection growth currently on display across the country.