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Gold Hills Golf Club

McDonough County · McDonough County · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 140701382 · Operator: Heck Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
Efficient gamesetMomentum +20%YoY +50%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$6,014
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$67
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$71,164
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,005
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
24th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#24 of 36 in McDonough County
Hold
11.0%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
77th pct of 8,629 IL locations
72nd pct of 36 in McDonough County
Cycle rate
2.36×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
21st pct of 8,629 IL locations
14th pct of 36 in McDonough County
Play / machine
$18.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
18th pct of 8,629 IL locations
38th pct of 36 in McDonough County

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 260 of them), your NTI/machine is +$382/mo vs the $1,623 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
$6,014
Gaming tax
−$2,105
After tax
$3,909
Your take-home
$1,955
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,105 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,955 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,955 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,955 to you and $1,955 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 — 24th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In McDonough County — #24 of 36 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 58th percentile of 260
Your gameset — you among your McDonough County peers35 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a McDonough County 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 McDonough 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 $14,298
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior McDonough County median ($14,298) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.36× · 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 $67 · McDonough County median $83
your WPU (per machine, per day) McDonough County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.0% · 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 50% 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 −29% this year vs −48% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

McDonough County's total gaming income is +37% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +50% 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)
$67/day
per machine · per day · McDonough County median $83/day · −20%
At the McDonough County median this gameset would add roughly $17,567 a year.
WPU momentum
+41%
last 3 months $79/day vs prior 3 $56/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($6,776 avg) · softest February ($2,395 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±27% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Heck 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
105
Avg NTI / Location
$15,019
Avg NTI / Terminal
$3,592
Total NTI
$1,577,028

Year over year

Your NTI is +43% up year over year, outpacing the McDonough County market (−0%).

Your Location
+43%
$71,164 vs $49,659 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (McDonough County)
−0%
typical Location: $15,170 vs $15,210

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,005 in September 2026 — the 24th 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 McDonough County, that's #24 of 36 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 11.0% — 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 2.36× 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 $2,105 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,955 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +20% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Heck Gaming, LLC runs 105 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$54,884
Amount won
$48,870
Net wager
$6,014
Funds in
$23,233
Funds out
$17,219
Net terminal income
$6,014
NTI tax
$2,105
State share
$1,804
Municipality share
$301

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

Gold Hills Golf Club — gaming performance, McDonough County, McDonough County, IL — The Gameset