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CHARLES A. HALING

Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 140700937
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Room to growMomentum −7%

Your performance · April 2021

NTI
$1,665
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$9
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$19,981
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$278
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,499/mo
1st pct of 7,369 IL locations
#63 of 62 in Lake County
Hold
5.3%
this month
state median 8.4% · below
7th pct of 7,369 IL locations
6th pct of 62 in Lake County
Cycle rate
2.25×
this month
state median 3.06× · engagement
1st pct of 7,369 IL locations
2nd pct of 62 in Lake County
Play / machine
$5.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $54.5K/mo
1st pct of 7,369 IL locations
0th pct of 62 in Lake County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 3,907 of them), your NTI/machine is −$6,358/mo vs the $6,636 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (April 2021)

NTI this month
$1,665
Gaming tax
−$566
After tax
$1,099
Your take-home
$549
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$566 · 34%Operator's 50%$549 · 33%Yours, 50%$549 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $549 to you and $549 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

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 1st percentile of 7,369 Illinois locations this month
In Lake County — #63 of 62 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 0th percentile of 3,907
Your gameset — you among your Lake County peers61 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Lake 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 Lake 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 $21,509
2021
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lake County median ($21,509)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.25× · state median 3.06×
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 $9 · Lake County median $133
your WPU (per machine, per day) Lake County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.3% · 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 gameset.

Win per unit (WPU)
$9/day
per machine · per day · Lake County median $133/day · −93%
At the Lake County median this gameset would add roughly $268,142 a year.

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $278 in April 2021 — the 1st percentile of 7,369 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 Lake County, that's #63 of 62 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 5.3% — below the 8.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. 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 2.25× 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.
•Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
•After $566 in gaming tax, April 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $549 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −7% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full April 2021 report detail
Amount played
$31,371
Amount won
$29,705
Net wager
$1,665
Funds in
$13,967
Funds out
$12,302
Net terminal income
$1,665
NTI tax
$566
State share
$483
Municipality share
$83

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