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Maria Rodriguez

Sterling · IL · 4 terminals
IGB license 150700487
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +16%YoY −21%

Your performance · April 2022

NTI
$2,331
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$19
per machine · per day
Terminals
4
machines in service
Annual NTI
$37,734
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$583
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,183/mo
4th pct of 7,792 IL locations
#30 of 30 in Sterling
Hold
11.4%
this month
state median 8.5% · above
91st pct of 7,792 IL locations
83rd pct of 30 in Sterling
Cycle rate
3.82×
this month
state median 3.00× · engagement
97th pct of 7,792 IL locations
97th pct of 30 in Sterling
Play / machine
$5.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $50.3K/mo
1st pct of 7,792 IL locations
3rd pct of 30 in Sterling

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,418 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,863/mo vs the $2,445 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (April 2022)

NTI this month
$2,331
Gaming tax
−$793
After tax
$1,538
Your take-home
$769
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$793 · 34%Operator's 50%$769 · 33%Yours, 50%$769 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $769 to you and $769 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 — 4th percentile of 7,792 Illinois locations this month
In Sterling — #30 of 30 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 7th percentile of 2,418
Your gameset — you among your Sterling peers29 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Sterling 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 Sterling 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 $18,462
2021
2022
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Sterling median ($18,462)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.82× · state median 3.00×
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 $19 · Sterling median $107
your WPU (per machine, per day) Sterling median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.4% · state median 8.5%
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 monthApril 2022 down 21% on a year earlier
May 2021 – April 2022May 2020 – April 2021

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: March → April moved −58% this year vs +188% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Sterling's total gaming income is +9% 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 — 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)
$19/day
per machine · per day · Sterling median $107/day · −82%
At the Sterling median this gameset would add roughly $125,404 a year.
WPU momentum
+38%
last 3 months $34/day vs prior 3 $24/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($5,083 avg) · softest November ($946 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±43% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
3 → 4 terminals
over the last 12 months

Year over year

Your NTI is −21% down year over year.

Your Location
−21%
$2,331 vs $2,944 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $583 in April 2022 — the 4th percentile of 7,792 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 Sterling, that's #30 of 30 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 11.4% — above the 8.5% 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 3.82× 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 $793 in gaming tax, April 2022's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $769 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +16% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full April 2022 report detail
Amount played
$20,481
Amount won
$18,151
Net wager
$2,331
Funds in
$5,355
Funds out
$3,024
Net terminal income
$2,331
NTI tax
$793
State share
$676
Municipality share
$117

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