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COW TIPPERS FRONT STREET TAP, INC.

Harvard · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 120700530
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +6%YoY −11%

Your performance · August 2024

NTI
$5,573
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$36
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$79,130
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,115
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,002/mo
11th pct of 8,409 IL locations
#17 of 17 in Harvard
Hold
14.0%
this month
state median 9.1% · above
97th pct of 8,409 IL locations
94th pct of 17 in Harvard
Cycle rate
2.39×
this month
state median 2.85× · engagement
7th pct of 8,409 IL locations
6th pct of 17 in Harvard
Play / machine
$8.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.8K/mo
5th pct of 8,409 IL locations
6th pct of 17 in Harvard

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,899 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,004/mo vs the $2,118 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2024)

NTI this month
$5,573
Gaming tax
−$1,950
After tax
$3,622
Your take-home
$1,811
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,950 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,811 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,811 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,811 to you and $1,811 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 — 11th percentile of 8,409 Illinois locations this month
In Harvard — #17 of 17 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 24th percentile of 1,899
Your gameset — you among your Harvard peers16 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Harvard peer (anonymized) statewide median

2 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Harvard 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 $20,928
2021
2022
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Harvard median ($20,928) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.39× · state median 2.85×
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 $36 · Harvard median $113
your WPU (per machine, per day) Harvard median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 14.0% · state median 9.1%
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 2024 down 11% on a year earlier
September 2023 – August 2024September 2022 – August 2023

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 −26% this year vs −46% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Harvard's total gaming income is +10% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −11% 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)
$36/day
per machine · per day · Harvard median $113/day · −68%
At the Harvard median this gameset would add roughly $142,406 a year.
WPU momentum
−6%
last 3 months $45/day vs prior 3 $48/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($8,598 avg) · softest March ($4,096 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±27% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −19% down year over year.

Your Location
−19%
$79,130 vs $97,334 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,115 in August 2024 — the 11th percentile of 8,409 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 Harvard, that's #17 of 17 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 14.0% — above the 9.1% 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 2.39× 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 $1,950 in gaming tax, August 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,811 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +6% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2024 report detail
Amount played
$39,931
Amount won
$34,359
Net wager
$5,573
Funds in
$16,716
Funds out
$11,143
Net terminal income
$5,573
NTI tax
$1,950
State share
$1,664
Municipality share
$287

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