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Alvarez Tacos, Inc.

Cherry Valley · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 130704850
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −3%YoY −59%

Your performance · March 2023

NTI
$1,922
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$10
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$46,261
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$320
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,401/mo
1st pct of 8,126 IL locations
#13 of 13 in Cherry Valley
Hold
13.4%
this month
state median 9.0% · above
97th pct of 8,126 IL locations
92nd pct of 13 in Cherry Valley
Cycle rate
2.32×
this month
state median 2.92× · engagement
3rd pct of 8,126 IL locations
4th pct of 13 in Cherry Valley
Play / machine
$2.4K
monthly · per terminal
state median $49.9K/mo
0th pct of 8,126 IL locations
4th pct of 13 in Cherry Valley

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,538 of them), your NTI/machine is −$5,391/mo vs the $5,711 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (March 2023)

NTI this month
$1,922
Gaming tax
−$653
After tax
$1,268
Your take-home
$634
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$653 · 34%Operator's 50%$634 · 33%Yours, 50%$634 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $634 to you and $634 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 — 1st percentile of 8,126 Illinois locations this month
In Cherry Valley — #13 of 13 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 1st percentile of 5,538
Your gameset — you among your Cherry Valley peers12 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Cherry Valley 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 Cherry Valley 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 $30,436
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Cherry Valley median ($30,436)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.32× · state median 2.92×
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 $10 · Cherry Valley median $164
your WPU (per machine, per day) Cherry Valley median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 13.4% · state median 9.0%
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 monthMarch 2023 down 59% on a year earlier
April 2022 – March 2023April 2021 – March 2022

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: February → March moved −75% this year vs −35% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Cherry Valley's total gaming income is −8% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −59% 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)
$10/day
per machine · per day · Cherry Valley median $164/day · −94%
At the Cherry Valley median this gameset would add roughly $342,166 a year.
WPU momentum
−3%
last 3 months $22/day vs prior 3 $22/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($8,373 avg) · softest January ($3,749 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±59% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
5 → 6 terminals
over the last 12 months

Year over year

Your NTI is −46% down year over year.

Your Location
−46%
$46,261 vs $86,234 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $320 in March 2023 — the 1st percentile of 8,126 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 Cherry Valley, that's #13 of 13 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 13.4% — above the 9.0% 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 2.32× 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 $653 in gaming tax, March 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $634 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full March 2023 report detail
Amount played
$14,288
Amount won
$12,367
Net wager
$1,922
Funds in
$6,171
Funds out
$4,249
Net terminal income
$1,922
NTI tax
$653
State share
$557
Municipality share
$96

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