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JOHNNY B'S TAVERN INC

Bartelso · Clinton County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 130705023 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +18%YoY +12%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$9,678
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$54
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$75,704
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,613
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
18th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#55 of 72 in Clinton County
Hold
10.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
65th pct of 8,629 IL locations
65th pct of 72 in Clinton County
Cycle rate
2.55×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
44th pct of 8,629 IL locations
42nd pct of 72 in Clinton County
Play / machine
$15.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
15th pct of 8,629 IL locations
19th pct of 72 in Clinton County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,375/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
$9,678
Gaming tax
−$3,388
After tax
$6,291
Your take-home
$3,145
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,388 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,145 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,145 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,145 to you and $3,145 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 — 18th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Clinton County — #55 of 72 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 12th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Clinton County peers71 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Clinton County 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 Clinton County 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 $24,882
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Clinton County median ($19,466) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.55× · 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 $54 · Clinton County median $119
your WPU (per machine, per day) Clinton County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.2% · 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 12% 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 +258% this year vs +15% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Bartelso's total gaming income is −32% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +12% 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)
$54/day
per machine · per day · Clinton County median $119/day · −55%
At the Clinton County median this gameset would add roughly $141,395 a year.
WPU momentum
+6%
last 3 months $36/day vs prior 3 $34/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($14,233 avg) · softest June ($6,016 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±39% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment Gaming, 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
2,679
Avg NTI / Location
$28,734
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,975
Total NTI
$76,978,768

Year over year

Your NTI is −12% down year over year, trailing the Clinton County market (+3%).

Your Location
−12%
$75,704 vs $86,300 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Clinton County)
+3%
typical Location: $24,507 vs $23,876

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,613 in September 2026 — the 18th 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 Clinton County, that's #55 of 72 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 10.2% — 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 2.55× 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 $3,388 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,145 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +18% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$94,664
Amount won
$84,986
Net wager
$9,678
Funds in
$37,102
Funds out
$27,424
Net terminal income
$9,678
NTI tax
$3,388
State share
$2,903
Municipality share
$484

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