DAVID LEE SIPE SR.

Belvidere · IL · 5 terminals

IGB license 120712742

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Room to growMomentum −23%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · September 2021

NTI

$494

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$5,923

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$99

monthly · per terminal

state median $3,728/mo

0th pct of 7,559 IL locations

#32 of 32 in Belvidere

Hold

3.3%

this month

state median 8.4% · below

2nd pct of 7,559 IL locations

6th pct of 32 in Belvidere

Cycle rate

6.37×

this month

state median 3.04× · engagement

100th pct of 7,559 IL locations

100th pct of 32 in Belvidere

Play / machine

$3.0K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.3K/mo

0th pct of 7,559 IL locations

3rd pct of 32 in Belvidere

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,575 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,195/mo vs the $2,294 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2021)

NTI this month

$494

Gaming tax

−$168

After tax

$326

Your take-home

$163

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$168 · 34%Operator's 50%$163 · 33%Yours, 50%$163 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $163 to you and $163 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

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 gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 0th percentile of 7,559 Illinois locations this month

In Belvidere — #32 of 32 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 1st percentile of 2,575

Your gameset — you among your Belvidere peers31 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a Belvidere peer (anonymized) statewide median

3 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Belvidere 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 $26,067

2021

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Belvidere median ($26,067) shown, left out of rankings

9 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 6.37× · state median 3.04×

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 $3 · Belvidere median $157

your WPU (per machine, per day) Belvidere median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 3.3% · state median 8.4%

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.

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)

$3/day

per machine · per day · Belvidere median $157/day · −98%

At the Belvidere median this gameset would add roughly $277,046 a year.

WPU momentum

−40%

last 3 months $13/day vs prior 3 $22/day

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±64% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $99 in September 2021 — the 0th percentile of 7,559 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 Belvidere, that's #32 of 32 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 3.3% — below the 8.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. 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 6.37× 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.

•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 $168 in gaming tax, September 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $163 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Heads-up: NTI has slipped three months running. Worth a look — it can be seasonal (check the year-ago comparison), or a sign the gameset is due for fresher titles or better service.

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Full September 2021 report detail

Amount played

$14,985

Amount won

$14,492

Net wager

$494

Funds in

$2,354

Funds out

$1,860

Net terminal income

$494

NTI tax

$168

State share

$143

Municipality share

$25

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