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D HANGOUT BAR AND GRILL, INC.

Elgin · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 130706548
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −3%YoY −37%

Your performance · November 2023

NTI
$20,211
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$112
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$322,159
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,369
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,820/mo
44th pct of 8,245 IL locations
#21 of 32 in Elgin
Hold
11.4%
this month
state median 9.2% · above
85th pct of 8,245 IL locations
84th pct of 32 in Elgin
Cycle rate
2.86×
this month
state median 2.90× · engagement
46th pct of 8,245 IL locations
36th pct of 32 in Elgin
Play / machine
$29.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $42.3K/mo
34th pct of 8,245 IL locations
28th pct of 32 in Elgin

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,868 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,451/mo vs the $4,820 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (November 2023)

NTI this month
$20,211
Gaming tax
−$6,872
After tax
$13,340
Your take-home
$6,670
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$6,872 · 34%Operator's 50%$6,670 · 33%Yours, 50%$6,670 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,670 to you and $6,670 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 — 44th percentile of 8,245 Illinois locations this month
In Elgin — #21 of 32 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 32nd percentile of 5,868
Your gameset — you among your Elgin peers31 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Elgin 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 Elgin 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 $37,315
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Elgin median ($23,686)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.86× · state median 2.90×
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 $112 · Elgin median $137
your WPU (per machine, per day) Elgin median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.4% · state median 9.2%
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 monthNovember 2023 down 37% on a year earlier
December 2022 – November 2023December 2021 – November 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: October → November moved −43% this year vs −2% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Elgin's total gaming income is +15% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −37% 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)
$112/day
per machine · per day · Elgin median $137/day · −18%
At the Elgin median this gameset would add roughly $53,927 a year.
WPU momentum
+22%
last 3 months $152/day vs prior 3 $125/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($35,327 avg) · softest January ($18,368 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±19% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −9% down year over year.

Your Location
−9%
$322,159 vs $355,758 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,369 in November 2023 — the 44th percentile of 8,245 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 Elgin, that's #21 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 11.4% — above the 9.2% 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 2.86× 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 $6,872 in gaming tax, November 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,670 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 November 2023 report detail
Amount played
$177,316
Amount won
$157,105
Net wager
$20,211
Funds in
$61,930
Funds out
$41,719
Net terminal income
$20,211
NTI tax
$6,872
State share
$5,861
Municipality share
$1,011

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