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MELROSE DRIVE-IN & TAVERN, INC.

Melrose Park · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120709068
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −51%YoY −56%

Your performance · December 2022

NTI
$23,913
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$129
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$607,369
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,985
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,907/mo
51st pct of 8,021 IL locations
#20 of 31 in Melrose Park
Hold
9.8%
this month
state median 8.8% · above
68th pct of 8,021 IL locations
68th pct of 31 in Melrose Park
Cycle rate
3.09×
this month
state median 2.95× · engagement
66th pct of 8,021 IL locations
77th pct of 31 in Melrose Park
Play / machine
$40.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.3K/mo
46th pct of 8,021 IL locations
32nd pct of 31 in Melrose Park

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,374 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,147/mo vs the $5,133 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (December 2022)

NTI this month
$23,913
Gaming tax
−$8,130
After tax
$15,782
Your take-home
$7,891
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$8,130 · 34%Operator's 50%$7,891 · 33%Yours, 50%$7,891 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,891 to you and $7,891 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 — 51st percentile of 8,021 Illinois locations this month
In Melrose Park — #20 of 31 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 37th percentile of 5,374
Your gameset — you among your Melrose Park peers30 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Melrose Park peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Melrose Park 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 $75,319
2021
2022
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Melrose Park median ($31,306)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.09× · state median 2.95×
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 $129 · Melrose Park median $168
your WPU (per machine, per day) Melrose Park median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.8% · state median 8.8%
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 monthDecember 2022 down 56% on a year earlier
January 2022 – December 2022January 2021 – December 2021

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: November → December moved +146% this year vs −13% 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 +2% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −56% 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)
$129/day
per machine · per day · Melrose Park median $168/day · −24%
At the Melrose Park median this gameset would add roughly $88,716 a year.
WPU momentum
−59%
last 3 months $138/day vs prior 3 $337/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($66,846 avg) · softest January ($30,267 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is +5% up year over year.

Your Location
+5%
$607,369 vs $576,995 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,985 in December 2022 — the 51st percentile of 8,021 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 Melrose Park, that's #20 of 31 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 9.8% — above the 8.8% 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 3.09× 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 $8,130 in gaming tax, December 2022's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,891 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −51% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full December 2022 report detail
Amount played
$243,529
Amount won
$219,616
Net wager
$23,913
Funds in
$78,723
Funds out
$54,810
Net terminal income
$23,913
NTI tax
$8,130
State share
$6,935
Municipality share
$1,196

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