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PC Louie's

Waukegan · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120708635 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −6%YoY +32%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$21,126
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$114
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$223,589
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,521
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
42nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#42 of 57 in Waukegan
Hold
11.5%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
83rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
91st pct of 57 in Waukegan
Cycle rate
2.32×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
17th pct of 8,611 IL locations
44th pct of 57 in Waukegan
Play / machine
$30.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
33rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
24th pct of 57 in Waukegan

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,588/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
$21,126
Gaming tax
−$7,394
After tax
$13,732
Your take-home
$6,866
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$7,394 · 35%Operator's 50%$6,866 · 32%Yours, 50%$6,866 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,866 to you and $6,866 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 — 42nd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Waukegan — #42 of 57 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 34th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Waukegan peers56 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Waukegan 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 Waukegan 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 $61,480
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Waukegan median ($39,746)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.32× · 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 $114 · Waukegan median $214
your WPU (per machine, per day) Waukegan median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.5% · 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 32% 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 +75% this year vs +45% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +32% 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 gameset.

Win per unit (WPU)
$114/day
per machine · per day · Waukegan median $214/day · −47%
At the Waukegan median this gameset would add roughly $223,435 a year.
WPU momentum
−32%
last 3 months $91/day vs prior 3 $134/day
Seasonality
November peak
strongest November ($26,139 avg) · softest January ($17,369 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±26% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, 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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is +21% up year over year, outpacing the Lake County market (+3%).

Your Location
+21%
$223,589 vs $184,947 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Lake County)
+3%
typical Location: $38,736 vs $37,626

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,521 in August 2026 — the 42nd 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 Waukegan, that's #42 of 57 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 11.5% — 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 2.32× 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 $7,394 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,866 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −6% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$183,675
Amount won
$162,549
Net wager
$21,126
Funds in
$79,029
Funds out
$57,903
Net terminal income
$21,126
NTI tax
$7,394
State share
$6,337
Municipality share
$1,057

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