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SUZI'S IX, LLC

Ottawa · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 140701623
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High play · lower holdMomentum −25%YoY −36%

Your performance · May 2023

NTI
$21,259
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$114
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$376,368
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,543
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,924/mo
45th pct of 8,144 IL locations
#19 of 38 in Ottawa
Hold
7.3%
this month
state median 9.0% · below
22nd pct of 8,144 IL locations
53rd pct of 38 in Ottawa
Cycle rate
3.14×
this month
state median 2.90× · engagement
76th pct of 8,144 IL locations
76th pct of 38 in Ottawa
Play / machine
$48.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.7K/mo
53rd pct of 8,144 IL locations
50th pct of 38 in Ottawa

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,630 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,527/mo vs the $5,070 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (May 2023)

NTI this month
$21,259
Gaming tax
−$7,228
After tax
$14,031
Your take-home
$7,016
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$7,228 · 34%Operator's 50%$7,016 · 33%Yours, 50%$7,016 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,016 to you and $7,016 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

High play · lower hold

Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

What an operator sees: An operator sees busy machines with margin headroom — a gameset where better titles and merchandising pay off.

NTI/machine — 45th percentile of 8,144 Illinois locations this month
In Ottawa — #19 of 38 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 32nd percentile of 5,630
Your gameset — you among your Ottawa peers37 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 $45,830
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Ottawa median ($17,872)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.14× · 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 $114 · Ottawa median $109
your WPU (per machine, per day) Ottawa median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 7.3% · state median 9.0%
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 monthMay 2023 down 36% on a year earlier
June 2022 – May 2023June 2021 – May 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: April → May moved −21% this year vs +32% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Ottawa's total gaming income is −7% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −36% 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)
$114/day
per machine · per day · Ottawa median $109/day · +5%
WPU momentum
−33%
last 3 months $134/day vs prior 3 $199/day
Seasonality
June peak
strongest June ($35,967 avg) · softest November ($23,621 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±19% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is +10% up year over year.

Your Location
+10%
$376,368 vs $341,746 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,543 in May 2023 — the 45th percentile of 8,144 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 Ottawa, that's #19 of 38 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 7.3% — below the 9.0% 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 3.14× 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.
•High play · lower hold — Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.
•After $7,228 in gaming tax, May 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,016 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −25% against your trailing average.
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 May 2023 report detail
Amount played
$289,291
Amount won
$268,031
Net wager
$21,259
Funds in
$92,161
Funds out
$70,902
Net terminal income
$21,259
NTI tax
$7,228
State share
$6,165
Municipality share
$1,063

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