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Joliet · Will County · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 150700665 · Operator: Springfield Gaming, LLC (as of September 2024)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +10%YoY −64%

Your performance · September 2024

NTI
$2,169
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$24
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$26,412
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$723
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,713/mo
7th pct of 8,407 IL locations
#79 of 90 in Joliet
Hold
10.1%
this month
state median 9.2% · above
66th pct of 8,407 IL locations
69th pct of 90 in Joliet
Cycle rate
2.71×
this month
state median 2.85× · engagement
31st pct of 8,407 IL locations
30th pct of 90 in Joliet
Play / machine
$7.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $41.8K/mo
5th pct of 8,407 IL locations
8th pct of 90 in Joliet

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 319 of them), your NTI/machine is −$654/mo vs the $1,378 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2024)

NTI this month
$2,169
Gaming tax
−$759
After tax
$1,410
Your take-home
$705
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$759 · 35%Operator's 50%$705 · 32%Yours, 50%$705 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $705 to you and $705 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 — 7th percentile of 8,407 Illinois locations this month
In Joliet — #79 of 90 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 20th percentile of 319
Your gameset — you among your Joliet peers89 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Joliet peer (anonymized) statewide median

3 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Joliet 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 $23,134
2021
2022
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Joliet median ($23,134) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.71× · state median 2.85×
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 $24 · Joliet median $142
your WPU (per machine, per day) Joliet median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.1% · state median 9.2%
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 2024 down 64% on a year earlier
October 2023 – September 2024October 2022 – September 2023

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 +434% this year vs +30% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Joliet's total gaming income is +11% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −64% 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)
$24/day
per machine · per day · Joliet median $142/day · −83%
At the Joliet median this gameset would add roughly $127,747 a year.
WPU momentum
+66%
last 3 months $19/day vs prior 3 $11/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($4,769 avg) · softest January ($1,262 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±73% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
4 → 3 terminals
over the last 12 months

Your operator

Springfield Gaming, LLC

Linked to your Location as of September 2024 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
6
Avg NTI / Location
$33,118
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,852
Total NTI
$198,706

Year over year

Your NTI is −54% down year over year, trailing the Will County market (+4%).

Your Location
−54%
$26,412 vs $57,989 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Will County)
+4%
typical Location: $37,044 vs $35,495

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $723 in September 2024 — the 7th percentile of 8,407 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 Joliet, that's #79 of 90 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 10.1% — above the 9.2% 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 2.71× 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 $759 in gaming tax, September 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $705 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +10% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Springfield Gaming, LLC runs 6 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2024 report detail
Amount played
$21,548
Amount won
$19,378
Net wager
$2,169
Funds in
$7,963
Funds out
$5,794
Net terminal income
$2,169
NTI tax
$759
State share
$648
Municipality share
$112

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

Pizza for U — gaming performance, Joliet, Will County, IL — The Gameset