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Larry's House of Cakes

Carbondale · Jackson County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 140701488 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −7%YoY +57%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$22,815
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$127
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$220,761
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,803
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
46th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#12 of 21 in Carbondale
Hold
12.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
90th pct of 8,629 IL locations
81st pct of 21 in Carbondale
Cycle rate
3.22×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
95th pct of 8,629 IL locations
95th pct of 21 in Carbondale
Play / machine
$30.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
34th pct of 8,629 IL locations
40th pct of 21 in Carbondale

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,186/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
$22,815
Gaming tax
−$7,985
After tax
$14,830
Your take-home
$7,415
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$7,985 · 35%Operator's 50%$7,415 · 32%Yours, 50%$7,415 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,415 to you and $7,415 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 — 46th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Carbondale — #12 of 21 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 38th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Carbondale peers20 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Carbondale peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Carbondale 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 $32,699
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Carbondale median ($21,358)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.22× · 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 $127 · Carbondale median $127
your WPU (per machine, per day) Carbondale median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.4% · 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 57% 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 +136% this year vs −29% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Carbondale's total gaming income is +8% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +57% 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)
$127/day
per machine · per day · Carbondale median $127/day · +0%
WPU momentum
−26%
last 3 months $84/day vs prior 3 $114/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($25,061 avg) · softest January ($14,885 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±23% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Eureka Entertainment, 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
417
Avg NTI / Location
$21,637
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,059
Total NTI
$9,022,585

Year over year

Your NTI is +4% up year over year, outpacing the Jackson County market (+2%).

Your Location
+4%
$220,761 vs $212,269 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Jackson County)
+2%
typical Location: $22,318 vs $21,948

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,803 in September 2026 — the 46th 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 Carbondale, that's #12 of 21 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 12.4% — 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 3.22× 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 $7,985 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,415 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.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 417 Locations in our data.
You're ahead of your market.

A gameset doing these numbers is the one Operators compete hardest for — and most owners never find out what that competition is worth, because they never put it out to bid.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$184,220
Amount won
$161,405
Net wager
$22,815
Funds in
$57,296
Funds out
$34,481
Net terminal income
$22,815
NTI tax
$7,985
State share
$6,843
Municipality share
$1,142

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