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Hinks Bar and Grill

Sycamore · DeKalb County · IL · 4 terminals
IGB license 120700325 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +25%YoY +12%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$17,586
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$142
per machine · per day
Terminals
4
machines in service
Annual NTI
$177,029
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,397
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
51st pct of 8,611 IL locations
#10 of 15 in Sycamore
Hold
10.5%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
71st pct of 8,611 IL locations
67th pct of 15 in Sycamore
Cycle rate
2.55×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
43rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
37th pct of 15 in Sycamore
Play / machine
$41.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
45th pct of 8,611 IL locations
53rd pct of 15 in Sycamore

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is +$2,157/mo vs the $2,240 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$17,586
Gaming tax
−$6,155
After tax
$11,431
Your take-home
$5,716
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$6,155 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,716 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,716 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,716 to you and $5,716 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: with the split set by statute, operators compete for your gameset on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time.

Where your gameset stands

Efficient gameset

You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.

What an operator sees: An operator sees a well-run, efficient gameset — attractive, with upside if foot traffic can be grown.

NTI/machine — 51st percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Sycamore — #10 of 15 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 77th percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Sycamore peers14 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Sycamore peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Sycamore gameset for the same month, shown without identity. The dashed lines are the statewide medians — which quadrant you land in is the positioning above, drawn out.

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $28,238
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Sycamore median ($24,996)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.55× · state median 2.60×
your cycle rate state median

Cycle rate is a leading indicator: when players start cycling their money fewer times, it usually shows up here before it shows up in NTI — an early read on gameset health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $142 · Sycamore median $166
your WPU (per machine, per day) Sycamore median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.5% · state median 9.4%
your hold state median hold

These are the two series a service change shows up in. Fresher titles and faster response tend to move win per unit first; hold follows the game mix. Both are your own numbers against a neutral market line — not a verdict on anyone.

This year against last, by monthAugust 2026 up 12% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 2025

A month that looks like a collapse is often just that month. Laid over the same months a year earlier, a seasonal dip and a real decline stop looking alike.

Seasonality check: July → August moved −6% this year vs +15% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Sycamore's total gaming income is +13% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +12% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your gameset.

A deeper operator read

The same history, cut the way a Terminal Operator cuts it when they decide how hard to compete for your gameset.

Win per unit (WPU)
$142/day
per machine · per day · Sycamore median $166/day · −15%
At the Sycamore median this gameset would add roughly $36,592 a year.
WPU momentum
+51%
last 3 months $158/day vs prior 3 $105/day
Seasonality
October peak
strongest October ($18,677 avg) · softest April ($12,433 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±24% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Eureka Entertainment, LLC

Linked to your Location as of August 2026 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
415
Avg NTI / Location
$23,203
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,347
Total NTI
$9,629,080

Year over year

Your NTI is −9% down year over year, trailing the DeKalb County market (+15%).

Your Location
−9%
$177,029 vs $195,521 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (DeKalb County)
+15%
typical Location: $28,422 vs $24,685

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,397 in August 2026 — the 51st percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Within Sycamore, that's #10 of 15 locations by per-terminal earnings — the fairest like-for-like, since neighbors share the same foot traffic and economy.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 10.5% — above the 9.4% state median. Hold is driven mostly by the games in the gameset, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.
•A dollar cycled through your machines 2.55× before leaving — higher means longer, more engaged sessions. When the cycle rate starts falling it usually shows up before NTI does, so it's an early read on gameset health for both sides.
•Efficient gameset — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $6,155 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,716 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +25% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 415 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$167,506
Amount won
$149,920
Net wager
$17,586
Funds in
$65,745
Funds out
$48,159
Net terminal income
$17,586
NTI tax
$6,155
State share
$5,275
Municipality share
$880

Source: Illinois Gaming Board monthly video gaming reports. This is public data about your own licensed Location, shown for informational purposes.