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Godfather's Pizza

Pekin · Tazewell County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 140702107 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
Efficient gamesetMomentum +6%YoY +21%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$29,218
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$162
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$285,909
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,870
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
56th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#24 of 39 in Pekin
Hold
12.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
89th pct of 8,629 IL locations
90th pct of 39 in Pekin
Cycle rate
1.91×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
2nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
0th pct of 39 in Pekin
Play / machine
$40.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
45th pct of 8,629 IL locations
36th pct of 39 in Pekin

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$119/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
$29,218
Gaming tax
−$10,226
After tax
$18,992
Your take-home
$9,496
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$10,226 · 35%Operator's 50%$9,496 · 32%Yours, 50%$9,496 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,496 to you and $9,496 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 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Pekin — #24 of 39 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 49th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Pekin peers38 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Pekin 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 Pekin 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 $35,548
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Pekin median ($31,009)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.91× · 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 $162 · Pekin median $177
your WPU (per machine, per day) Pekin median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.2% · 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 21% 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 +27% this year vs +1% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Pekin's total gaming income is +1% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +21% 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)
$162/day
per machine · per day · Pekin median $177/day · −8%
At the Pekin median this gameset would add roughly $31,263 a year.
WPU momentum
+6%
last 3 months $137/day vs prior 3 $129/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($24,770 avg) · softest April ($19,042 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±18% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is +3% up year over year, outpacing the Tazewell County market (+2%).

Your Location
+3%
$285,909 vs $277,057 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Tazewell County)
+2%
typical Location: $28,882 vs $28,345

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,870 in September 2026 — the 56th 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 Pekin, that's #24 of 39 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 12.2% — 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 1.91× 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 $10,226 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,496 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +6% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$240,287
Amount won
$211,069
Net wager
$29,218
Funds in
$125,931
Funds out
$96,713
Net terminal income
$29,218
NTI tax
$10,226
State share
$8,764
Municipality share
$1,462

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