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Summit · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 140703454 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum +32%YoY +31%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$44,151
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$237
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$297,318
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$7,358
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
73rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#15 of 28 in Summit
Hold
12.9%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
93rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
93rd pct of 28 in Summit
Cycle rate
3.08×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
91st pct of 8,611 IL locations
89th pct of 28 in Summit
Play / machine
$57.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
58th pct of 8,611 IL locations
41st pct of 28 in Summit

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is +$2,249/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
$44,151
Gaming tax
−$15,453
After tax
$28,698
Your take-home
$14,349
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$15,453 · 35%Operator's 50%$14,349 · 32%Yours, 50%$14,349 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $14,349 to you and $14,349 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 · high hold

Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.

What an operator sees: An operator reads this as a proven, high-value gameset and will compete hard on service to win it.

NTI/machine — 73rd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Summit — #15 of 28 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 68th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Summit peers27 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Summit 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 Summit 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 $44,151
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Summit median ($43,256)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.08× · 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 $237 · Summit median $252
your WPU (per machine, per day) Summit median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.9% · 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 up 31% 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 +120% this year vs +19% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Summit's total gaming income is +4% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +31% 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)
$237/day
per machine · per day · Summit median $252/day · −6%
At the Summit median this gameset would add roughly $31,748 a year.
WPU momentum
+33%
last 3 months $163/day vs prior 3 $122/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($26,604 avg) · softest January ($13,126 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±30% 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
415
Avg NTI / Location
$23,203
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,347
Total NTI
$9,629,080

Year over year

Your NTI is +16% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
+16%
$297,318 vs $255,990 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,503 vs $40,673

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $7,358 in August 2026 — the 73rd 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 Summit, that's #15 of 28 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 12.9% — 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 3.08× 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 · high hold — Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.
•After $15,453 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $14,349 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +32% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 415 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$343,055
Amount won
$298,905
Net wager
$44,151
Funds in
$111,310
Funds out
$67,159
Net terminal income
$44,151
NTI tax
$15,453
State share
$13,243
Municipality share
$2,210

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