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River Cafe, LLC

River Grove · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120706170
Room to growMomentum −30%YoY −79%

Your performance · January 2025

NTI
$4,628
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$25
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$221,342
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$771
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,754/mo
7th pct of 8,388 IL floors
#17 of 17 in River Grove
Hold
4.3%
this month
state median 9.1% · below
3rd pct of 8,388 IL floors
6th pct of 17 in River Grove
Cycle rate
3.17×
this month
state median 2.85× · engagement
82nd pct of 8,388 IL floors
88th pct of 17 in River Grove
Play / machine
$18.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $41.6K/mo
20th pct of 8,388 IL floors
6th pct of 17 in River Grove

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,323 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,830/mo vs the $4,601 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (January 2025)

NTI this month
$4,628
Gaming tax
−$1,620
After tax
$3,008
Your take-home
$1,504
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,504 to you and $1,504 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: since the money is set by statute, operators compete for your floor on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time — not on dollars.

Where your floor stands

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a floor where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 7th percentile of 8,388 Illinois floors this month
In River Grove — #17 of 17 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 4th percentile of 6,323
The Floor — you among your River Grove peers16 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a River Grove peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each grey dot is another River Grove floor 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 $36,091
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior River Grove median ($31,210)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.17× · 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 floor health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $25 · River Grove median $204
your WPU (per machine, per day) River Grove median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 4.3% · 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.

Seasonality check: December → January moved −78% this year vs −19% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

River Grove's total gaming income is +2% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is −79% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your floor.

A deeper operator read

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

Win per unit (WPU)
$25/day
per machine · per day · River Grove median $204/day · −88%
At the River Grove median this floor would add roughly $399,736 a year.
WPU momentum
−34%
last 3 months $78/day vs prior 3 $118/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($31,273 avg) · softest June ($17,666 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −22% down year over year.

Your Location
−22%
$221,342 vs $284,476 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $771 in January 2025 — the 7th percentile of 8,388 Illinois floors that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a floor on, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Within River Grove, that's #17 of 17 floors 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 floor keeps — was 4.3% — below the 9.1% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. Hold is driven mostly by the games on the floor, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.
•A dollar cycled through your machines 3.17× 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 floor health for both sides.
•Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
•After $1,620 in gaming tax, January 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,504 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
•Recent momentum is softening — −30% against your trailing average.
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Full January 2025 report detail
Amount played
$108,620
Amount won
$103,992
Net wager
$4,628
Funds in
$34,319
Funds out
$29,691
Net terminal income
$4,628
NTI tax
$1,620
State share
$1,382
Municipality share
$238

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

River Cafe, LLC — gaming performance, River Grove, IL — The Gameset