Who runs this, and how it makes money.
The Gameset is operated by The Gameset LLC, a Ravenworks Ventures company. We are a marketplace and nothing else: we own no terminals, service none, and take no share of what any floor earns.
The money is frozen, so the competition moved.
Illinois fixes the split by statute — the after-tax split is fixed 50/50 by statute (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — and prohibits inducements. No terminal operator can win a floor by paying more for it, and any who offers to is putting both licenses at risk.
So the real competition is service: the games on a floor, how new the cabinets are, how often titles change, the coin-op, and how fast somebody shows up when a machine goes dark on a Friday night. That is what actually separates one terminal operator from another — and until now there was no way for a location to see it side by side, because it all happened over handshakes and lunches.
We took that offline process and moved it online. What we sell is transparency — a structured, comparable view of what each terminal operator will actually commit to, available before either side is locked in.
One fee, from one side, stated plainly.
You should be able to work out our incentives in about ten seconds, because a marketplace whose economics you can’t see is one you should assume is working against you.
Locations pay nothing. Ever. Not to list, not to receive offers, not to award one, not to walk away having awarded nobody.
Terminal Operators pay a flat fee to unlock a listing. It buys access to that location’s full profile, and it is spent before any offer exists. Non-refundable, and entirely independent of whether they win. Every figure is published.
We take no share of any deal. Ever. No commission, no success fee, no percentage of what a floor earns. Nothing we earn depends on who wins, which is what lets us stay neutral between the two sides.
Nobody can pay for placement. Spending more cannot move an operator up a list or in front of a location. There is no advertising on this platform and no plan for any.
Four things people assume, and shouldn’t.
Not a terminal operator. We don't own terminals, don't service them, and don't compete with the terminal operators on the board. They are our customers.
Not a broker. A broker's payday depends on the deal closing. Ours doesn't — the fee is for access and is spent before anyone makes an offer.
Not compliance software. We state the law and we design so the platform never facilitates a violation of it. We don't audit anyone, certify anyone, or sell compliance as a service.
Not the Illinois Gaming Board, and not connected to them. We read the same public data they publish, and that's the whole relationship. Nothing here is an official record.
Some of these would make us money. They’re still no.
These aren’t aspirations. Each is built into how the product works, and several are the reason a feature you might expect doesn’t exist.
We never tell a location's current operator that they looked. A listing shows a county, a revenue band, a terminal count and roughly how long is left — never a name, an address, or an exact figure. If a location's details would be too easy to place, the listing widens to a whole region instead. Identities are released only when a location awards.
We never rank or score a named operator. A floor's numbers have many drivers — foot traffic, the venue, the local economy — so a league table would be both unfair and reductive. We won't publish one, and we won't tell a location their terminal operator is failing them. Both sides of this market are our customers.
No offer can carry money. There is no price, split, bonus, or payment field anywhere on an offer — not hidden, not optional, not there. A marketplace that allowed one would be the venue for a violation of the inducement rule, for both parties.
We won't sell, rent or share your data. Not to advertisers, not to terminal operators, not to anyone. What we keep and why is in the Privacy Policy.
Early, and we’d rather say so.
We are new. The first locations in each county are being brought on by hand rather than by blasting a list, and if you talk to us you’re talking to someone who works on the product.
We would rather tell you that than imply a crowd that isn’t there yet. Being early is also the argument for listing now: a floor on an uncrowded board gets more attention, not less.
The Gameset LLC is an Illinois company. General information only — nothing here is legal, licensing or tax advice.
Questions we haven’t answered here?
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