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The American Legion Department of Illinois Limestone Post #979

Bartonville · Peoria County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 120904617 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +17%YoY +68%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$13,074
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$73
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$95,847
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,179
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
26th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#16 of 22 in Bartonville
Hold
16.9%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
99th pct of 8,629 IL locations
95th pct of 22 in Bartonville
Cycle rate
2.34×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
19th pct of 8,629 IL locations
32nd pct of 22 in Bartonville
Play / machine
$12.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
11th pct of 8,629 IL locations
27th pct of 22 in Bartonville

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,809/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
$13,074
Gaming tax
−$4,576
After tax
$8,498
Your take-home
$4,249
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,576 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,249 · 32%Yours, 50%$4,249 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,249 to you and $4,249 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 — 26th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Bartonville — #16 of 22 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 19th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Bartonville peers21 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Bartonville 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 Bartonville 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 $24,686
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Bartonville median ($21,934)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.34× · 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 $73 · Bartonville median $122
your WPU (per machine, per day) Bartonville median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 16.9% · 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 up 68% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026October 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 +142% this year vs +63% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Bartonville's total gaming income is +12% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +68% 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)
$73/day
per machine · per day · Bartonville median $122/day · −40%
At the Bartonville median this gameset would add roughly $106,319 a year.
WPU momentum
−22%
last 3 months $41/day vs prior 3 $53/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($14,548 avg) · softest August ($7,942 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±35% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

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
733
Avg NTI / Location
$36,176
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,303
Total NTI
$26,517,213

Year over year

Your NTI is −13% down year over year, trailing the Peoria County market (+7%).

Your Location
−13%
$95,847 vs $110,177 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Peoria County)
+7%
typical Location: $29,785 vs $27,769

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,179 in September 2026 — the 26th 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 Bartonville, that's #16 of 22 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 16.9% — 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 2.34× 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 $4,576 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,249 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +17% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 733 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$77,264
Amount won
$64,190
Net wager
$13,074
Funds in
$32,977
Funds out
$19,903
Net terminal income
$13,074
NTI tax
$4,576
State share
$3,922
Municipality share
$654

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

The American Legion Department of Illinois Limestone Post #979 — gaming performance, Bartonville, Peoria County, IL — The Gameset