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Tiger Tail Lounge

Rockford · Winnebago County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120700571 · Operator: Illinois Gaming Investors LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +18%YoY −4%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$12,147
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$65
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$121,311
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,025
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
23rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#82 of 89 in Rockford
Hold
13.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
96th pct of 8,611 IL locations
96th pct of 89 in Rockford
Cycle rate
2.58×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
47th pct of 8,611 IL locations
53rd pct of 89 in Rockford
Play / machine
$14.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
13th pct of 8,611 IL locations
3rd pct of 89 in Rockford

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,085/mo vs the $5,109 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
$12,147
Gaming tax
−$4,251
After tax
$7,896
Your take-home
$3,948
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,251 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,948 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,948 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,948 to you and $3,948 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 — 23rd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Rockford — #82 of 89 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 16th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Rockford peers88 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Rockford peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Rockford 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 $34,728
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Rockford median ($34,728)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.58× · 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 $65 · Rockford median $208
your WPU (per machine, per day) Rockford median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 13.8% · 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 down 4% 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 +32% this year vs +79% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Rockford's total gaming income is +5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −4% 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)
$65/day
per machine · per day · Rockford median $208/day · −69%
At the Rockford median this gameset would add roughly $317,640 a year.
WPU momentum
+90%
last 3 months $63/day vs prior 3 $33/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($10,439 avg) · softest December ($6,410 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±31% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
5 → 6 terminals
over the last 12 months

Your operator

Illinois Gaming Investors 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
398
Avg NTI / Location
$29,149
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,158
Total NTI
$11,601,356

Year over year

Your NTI is +53% up year over year, outpacing the Winnebago County market (+3%).

Your Location
+53%
$121,311 vs $79,097 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Winnebago County)
+3%
typical Location: $37,367 vs $36,341

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,025 in August 2026 — the 23rd 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 Rockford, that's #82 of 89 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 13.8% — 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 2.58× 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 $4,251 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,948 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +18% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Illinois Gaming Investors LLC runs 398 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$88,296
Amount won
$76,149
Net wager
$12,147
Funds in
$34,182
Funds out
$22,035
Net terminal income
$12,147
NTI tax
$4,251
State share
$3,644
Municipality share
$608

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