Compare terminal operators on what actually differs.
The after-tax split is fixed 50/50 by statute and no operator may offer anything of value. So operators compete on everything else — game lineup, cabinet age, refresh cadence, coin-op package, and service response. The Gameset lets a location post an anonymized profile and collect structured, non-monetary offers side by side.
No money changes hands on the platform. Operators pay a flat access fee to unlock a listing — non-refundable, independent of outcome.
Identity is released only on mutual acceptance. Small cells widen to a regional label so a location can never be reverse-identified.
Four steps from listing to award.
The flow is designed so the compliance posture is structural — not a disclaimer bolted on afterward.
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List anonymously
A location publishes a profile — county, banded revenue, terminal count, and the service terms it's looking for. No name, no address, no identifying detail leaves the platform.
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Operators unlock
A licensed terminal operator pays a flat access fee to unlock a listing. The fee is charged before any offer exists, is non-refundable, and never depends on the outcome.
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Structured offers
Operators submit non-monetary offers — games, cabinet age, refresh cadence, coin-op, response time. There is no price or split field, so every offer is comparable line for line.
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Award & audit
The location compares offers side by side and awards one. Every step is logged to an append-only trail you can export as a PDF — evidence that no inducement was offered or accepted.
What each side gets.
Run a private, competitive process.
- ✓ Stay anonymous until you choose to accept — geography is coarsened to county and revenue is banded.
- ✓ Collect apples-to-apples offers on the things that actually vary: games, hardware age, refresh cadence, service.
- ✓ No obligation and nothing to pay — you review offers and award on your terms.
- ✓ Walk away with an exportable audit trail of the whole process.
Reach floors you'd never see otherwise.
- ✓ See real, in-market locations that are actively weighing their options.
- ✓ Compete on service and hardware — the levers you control — instead of a fixed split you can't.
- ✓ One flat access fee to unlock. No commission, no success fee, no contingent revenue ever.
- ✓ A structured offer form keeps every bid compliant by construction.
Compliance is encoded, not disclaimed.
Every constraint in 230 ILCS 40 and the Board's rules shows up as structure in the data model — not as fine print.
Anonymous by design
Geography is coarsened to county, revenue is banded, and identity is released only on mutual acceptance. Small cells widen to a regional label so you can never be reverse-identified.
No money changes hands here
There is no price, split, bonus, or payment field anywhere. The platform never touches the split and never earns on an outcome. Offers are goods and service only.
An audit trail, not overhead
Every publish, unlock, offer, and award is logged. Export a listing's full history as evidence that no inducement was offered or accepted.
Common questions.
Does The Gameset take a cut of the split? +
Never. The 50/50 after-tax split is fixed by statute and the platform never touches it. Our only charge is a flat fee an operator pays to unlock a listing — the same amount regardless of whether an offer is ever made or accepted.
How is a location kept anonymous? +
Location is shown as a county, revenue as a band, and expiry in whole months. Free-text fields are scanned for identifiers, and when a county-plus-band cell holds fewer than three listings it widens to a broader region so it can't be reverse-identified. A location's identity is released only when it accepts an offer.
What can an operator actually offer? +
Only non-monetary terms: game lineup, cabinet age, refresh cadence, coin-op package, and service response. There is no field anywhere for money, split, bonuses, or inducements — offers are structured so they're comparable and compliant by construction.
Is this live yet? +
No. This is a pre-launch prototype — not operating, not soliciting, and not accepting payment. Real payments stay stubbed until the flat-access-fee structure has counsel sign-off.
Put your floor in front of every operator at once.
List anonymously and let operators compete on service. It costs a location nothing, and you award on your own terms.