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The Tropics NorthPoint

Winthrop Harbor · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120711241 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −3%YoY −49%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$9,892
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$55
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$131,474
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,649
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
19th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#8 of 8 in Winthrop Harbor
Hold
10.5%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
70th pct of 8,629 IL locations
63rd pct of 8 in Winthrop Harbor
Cycle rate
2.17×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
7th pct of 8,629 IL locations
13th pct of 8 in Winthrop Harbor
Play / machine
$15.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
15th pct of 8,629 IL locations
0th pct of 8 in Winthrop Harbor

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,340/mo vs the $4,988 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month
$9,892
Gaming tax
−$3,462
After tax
$6,429
Your take-home
$3,215
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,462 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,215 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,215 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,215 to you and $3,215 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 — 19th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Winthrop Harbor — #8 of 8 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 13th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Winthrop Harbor peers7 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Winthrop Harbor peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Winthrop Harbor 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 $31,170
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lake County median ($31,170) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.17× · state median 2.59×
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 $55 · Lake County median $177
your WPU (per machine, per day) Lake County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.5% · 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 monthSeptember 2026 down 43% on a year earlier
June 2025 – September 2026June 2024 – September 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: August → September moved +13% this year vs +176% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is −49% 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)
$55/day
per machine · per day · Lake County median $177/day · −69%
At the Lake County median this gameset would add roughly $262,848 a year.
WPU momentum
−7%
last 3 months $47/day vs prior 3 $51/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($11,827 avg) · softest December ($102 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±43% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Eureka Entertainment, 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
417
Avg NTI / Location
$21,637
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,059
Total NTI
$9,022,585

Year over year

Your NTI is +14% up year over year, outpacing the Lake County market (+3%).

Your Location
+14%
$131,474 vs $115,025 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Lake County)
+3%
typical Location: $38,941 vs $37,671

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,649 in September 2026 — the 19th percentile of 8,629 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 Winthrop Harbor, that's #8 of 8 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 10.5% — 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 2.17× 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 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 $3,462 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,215 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 417 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$94,298
Amount won
$84,407
Net wager
$9,892
Funds in
$43,510
Funds out
$33,619
Net terminal income
$9,892
NTI tax
$3,462
State share
$2,967
Municipality share
$495

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

The Tropics NorthPoint — gaming performance, Winthrop Harbor, Lake County, IL — The Gameset