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Louie's Lounge

Melrose Park · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120707636 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of March 2026)
Efficient floorMomentum −24%YoY +654%

Your performance · March 2026

NTI
$3,205
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$17
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$57,104
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$534
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,676/mo
3rd pct of 8,548 IL floors
#37 of 37 in Melrose Park
Hold
21.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
100th pct of 8,548 IL floors
97th pct of 37 in Melrose Park
Cycle rate
2.38×
this month
state median 2.65× · engagement
18th pct of 8,548 IL floors
32nd pct of 37 in Melrose Park
Play / machine
$2.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $50.0K/mo
0th pct of 8,548 IL floors
3rd pct of 37 in Melrose Park

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,653 of them), your NTI/machine is −$5,068/mo vs the $5,602 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (March 2026)

NTI this month
$3,205
Gaming tax
−$1,122
After tax
$2,084
Your take-home
$1,042
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,042 to you and $1,042 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

Efficient floor

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 floor — attractive, with upside if foot traffic can be grown.

NTI/machine — 3rd percentile of 8,548 Illinois floors this month
In Melrose Park — #37 of 37 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 2nd percentile of 6,653
The Floor — you among your Melrose Park peers36 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a Melrose Park peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer floor sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each grey dot is another Melrose Park 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 $50,029
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Melrose Park median ($37,389) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.38× · state median 2.65×
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 $17 · Melrose Park median $201
your WPU (per machine, per day) Melrose Park median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 21.6% · 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.

Seasonality check: February → March moved −39% this year vs −77% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Melrose Park's total gaming income is +1% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is +654% over the same-month-last-year comparison — holding up as well as or better than the town around you.

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)
$17/day
per machine · per day · Melrose Park median $201/day · −91%
At the Melrose Park median this floor would add roughly $410,205 a year.
WPU momentum
−27%
last 3 months $26/day vs prior 3 $35/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($19,471 avg) · softest April ($11,375 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±57% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Eureka Entertainment, LLC

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

Locations
415
Avg NTI / Location
$23,383
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,393
Total NTI
$9,703,840

Year over year

Your NTI is +19% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+3%).

Your Location
+19%
$57,104 vs $47,853 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+3%
typical Location: $41,472 vs $40,181

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $534 in March 2026 — the 3rd percentile of 8,548 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 Melrose Park, that's #37 of 37 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 21.6% — above the 9.4% state median. 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 2.38× 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.
•Efficient floor — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $1,122 in gaming tax, March 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,042 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
•Recent momentum is softening — −24% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 415 Locations in our data.
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Full March 2026 report detail
Amount played
$14,855
Amount won
$11,649
Net wager
$3,206
Funds in
$6,231
Funds out
$3,026
Net terminal income
$3,205
NTI tax
$1,122
State share
$961
Municipality share
$160

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