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Hebron · McHenry County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 140701405 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −10%YoY −28%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$30,044
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$162
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$391,394
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$5,007
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
56th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#151 of 282 in McHenry County
Hold
11.9%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
87th pct of 8,611 IL locations
90th pct of 282 in McHenry County
Cycle rate
2.76×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
69th pct of 8,611 IL locations
80th pct of 282 in McHenry County
Play / machine
$41.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
45th pct of 8,611 IL locations
35th pct of 282 in McHenry County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$102/mo vs the $5,109 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$30,044
Gaming tax
−$10,516
After tax
$19,529
Your take-home
$9,764
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$10,516 · 35%Operator's 50%$9,764 · 32%Yours, 50%$9,764 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,764 to you and $9,764 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 — 56th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In McHenry County — #151 of 282 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 49th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your McHenry County peers281 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a McHenry County peer (anonymized) statewide median

12 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another McHenry 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 $41,552
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior McHenry County median ($30,236)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.76× · state median 2.60×
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 $162 · McHenry County median $168
your WPU (per machine, per day) McHenry County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.9% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 28% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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: July → August moved −13% this year vs +19% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Hebron's total gaming income is +9% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −28% 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)
$162/day
per machine · per day · McHenry County median $168/day · −4%
At the McHenry County median this gameset would add roughly $15,167 a year.
WPU momentum
−18%
last 3 months $160/day vs prior 3 $195/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($29,963 avg) · softest February ($20,822 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±15% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

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
729
Avg NTI / Location
$37,312
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,498
Total NTI
$27,200,241

Year over year

Your NTI is +27% up year over year, outpacing the McHenry County market (+9%).

Your Location
+27%
$391,394 vs $307,033 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (McHenry County)
+9%
typical Location: $33,734 vs $31,007

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $5,007 in August 2026 — the 56th percentile of 8,611 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 McHenry County, that's #151 of 282 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 11.9% — 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 2.76× 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 $10,516 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,764 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −10% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 729 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$251,615
Amount won
$221,571
Net wager
$30,044
Funds in
$91,122
Funds out
$61,078
Net terminal income
$30,044
NTI tax
$10,516
State share
$9,012
Municipality share
$1,504

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