Mark Thompson

DeKalb · IL · 5 terminals

IGB license 130702362

High play · lower holdMomentum −25%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · September 2021

NTI

$14,648

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$98

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$175,780

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$2,930

monthly · per terminal

state median $3,728/mo

40th pct of 7,559 IL floors

#14 of 21 in DeKalb

Hold

5.4%

this month

state median 8.4% · below

9th pct of 7,559 IL floors

5th pct of 21 in DeKalb

Cycle rate

2.91×

this month

state median 3.04× · engagement

35th pct of 7,559 IL floors

24th pct of 21 in DeKalb

Play / machine

$54.1K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.3K/mo

58th pct of 7,559 IL floors

48th pct of 21 in DeKalb

Against floors your size (4–5 terminals, 2,575 of them), your NTI/machine is +$636/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

$14,648

Gaming tax

−$4,980

After tax

$9,668

Your take-home

$4,834

your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,834 to you and $4,834 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: since the money is set by statute, operators compete for your floor on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time — not on dollars.

Where your floor stands

High play · lower hold

Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

What an operator sees: An operator sees busy machines with margin headroom — a floor where better titles and merchandising pay off.

NTI/machine — 40th percentile of 7,559 Illinois floors this month

In DeKalb — #14 of 21 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among floors your size (4–5 terminals) — 63rd percentile of 2,575

The Floor — you among your DeKalb peers20 peer floors

play per machine →

your floor a DeKalb peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each grey dot is another DeKalb floor 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 $57,705

2021

latest month up vs prior down vs prior DeKalb median ($28,336)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.91× · 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 floor health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $98 · DeKalb median $157

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

Hold % by monthlatest 5.4% · 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 floor.

Win per unit (WPU)

$98/day

per machine · per day · DeKalb median $157/day · −38%

At the DeKalb median this floor would add roughly $107,578 a year.

WPU momentum

−41%

last 3 months $168/day vs prior 3 $282/day

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±50% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,930 in September 2021 — the 40th percentile of 7,559 Illinois floors that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a floor on, because it strips out how many machines you run.

•Within DeKalb, that's #14 of 21 floors 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 floor keeps — was 5.4% — below the 8.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. Hold is driven mostly by the games on the floor, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.

•A dollar cycled through your machines 2.91× 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 floor health for both sides.

•High play · lower hold — Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

•After $4,980 in gaming tax, September 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,834 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.

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

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Full September 2021 report detail

Amount played

$270,573

Amount won

$255,924

Net wager

$14,648

Funds in

$92,887

Funds out

$78,239

Net terminal income

$14,648

NTI tax

$4,980

State share

$4,248

Municipality share

$732

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