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THE SPOT OF MARENGO

Marengo · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 150701075 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC
Efficient floorMomentum −23%YoY −31%

Your performance · January 2026

NTI
$15,939
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$86
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$286,887
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,657
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,071/mo
33rd pct of 8,463 IL floors
#10 of 12 in Marengo
Hold
10.0%
this month
state median 9.3% · above
62nd pct of 8,463 IL floors
67th pct of 12 in Marengo
Cycle rate
2.15×
this month
state median 2.68× · engagement
5th pct of 8,463 IL floors
25th pct of 12 in Marengo
Play / machine
$26.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.1K/mo
30th pct of 8,463 IL floors
29th pct of 12 in Marengo

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,587 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,237/mo vs the $4,894 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (January 2026)

NTI this month
$15,939
Gaming tax
−$5,579
After tax
$10,361
Your take-home
$5,180
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,180 to you and $5,180 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: since the money is set by statute, operators compete for your floor on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time — not on dollars.

Where your floor stands

Efficient floor

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 floor — attractive, with upside if foot traffic can be grown.

NTI/machine — 33rd percentile of 8,463 Illinois floors this month
In Marengo — #10 of 12 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 25th percentile of 6,587
The Floor — you among your Marengo peers11 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a Marengo peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each grey dot is another Marengo floor 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 $32,280
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Marengo median ($21,231)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.15× · state median 2.68×
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 floor health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $86 · Marengo median $114
your WPU (per machine, per day) Marengo median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.0% · state median 9.3%
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.

Seasonality check: December → January moved −12% this year vs +71% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own floor is −31% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your floor.

A deeper operator read

The same history, cut the way a Terminal Operator cuts it when they decide how hard to compete for your floor.

Win per unit (WPU)
$86/day
per machine · per day · Marengo median $114/day · −25%
At the Marengo median this floor would add roughly $63,492 a year.
WPU momentum
−18%
last 3 months $113/day vs prior 3 $138/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($17,502 avg) · softest January ($10,734 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±25% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC
Locations
2,487
Avg NTI / Location
$31,530
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,518
Total NTI
$78,414,123

Year over year

Your NTI is +48% up year over year.

Your Location
+48%
$286,887 vs $193,298 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,657 in January 2026 — the 33rd percentile of 8,463 Illinois floors that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a floor on, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Within Marengo, that's #10 of 12 floors 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 floor keeps — was 10.0% — above the 9.3% state median. Hold is driven mostly by the games on the floor, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.
•A dollar cycled through your machines 2.15× 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 floor health for both sides.
•Efficient floor — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $5,579 in gaming tax, January 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,180 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
•Recent momentum is softening — −23% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2487 Locations in our data.
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Full January 2026 report detail
Amount played
$159,116
Amount won
$143,176
Net wager
$15,939
Funds in
$73,881
Funds out
$57,942
Net terminal income
$15,939
NTI tax
$5,579
State share
$4,781
Municipality share
$798

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

THE SPOT OF MARENGO — gaming performance, Marengo, IL — The Gameset