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Decatur · Macon County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 150702416 · Operator: Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum +18%YoY +44%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$26,876
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$179
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$281,786
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$5,375
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
61st pct of 8,629 IL locations
#49 of 81 in Decatur
Hold
9.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
50th pct of 8,629 IL locations
51st pct of 81 in Decatur
Cycle rate
2.45×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
31st pct of 8,629 IL locations
23rd pct of 81 in Decatur
Play / machine
$56.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
60th pct of 8,629 IL locations
42nd pct of 81 in Decatur

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,546 of them), your NTI/machine is +$3,196/mo vs the $2,179 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
$26,876
Gaming tax
−$9,407
After tax
$17,469
Your take-home
$8,735
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$9,407 · 35%Operator's 50%$8,735 · 33%Yours, 50%$8,735 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,735 to you and $8,735 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 — 61st percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Decatur — #49 of 81 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 85th percentile of 1,546
Your gameset — you among your Decatur peers80 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Decatur peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Decatur 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 $36,264
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Decatur median ($36,076)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.45× · 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 $179 · Decatur median $200
your WPU (per machine, per day) Decatur median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.4% · 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 44% 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 +26% this year vs −27% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Decatur's total gaming income is −0% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +44% 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)
$179/day
per machine · per day · Decatur median $200/day · −11%
At the Decatur median this gameset would add roughly $38,252 a year.
WPU momentum
+10%
last 3 months $173/day vs prior 3 $158/day
Seasonality
October peak
strongest October ($27,073 avg) · softest September ($19,816 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±31% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Lucky Lincoln 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
246
Avg NTI / Location
$38,271
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,542
Total NTI
$9,414,626

Year over year

Your NTI is −10% down year over year, trailing the Macon County market (+1%).

Your Location
−10%
$281,786 vs $311,875 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Macon County)
+1%
typical Location: $44,566 vs $44,010

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $5,375 in September 2026 — the 61st 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 Decatur, that's #49 of 81 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 9.4% — 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 2.45× 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 $9,407 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,735 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +18% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC runs 246 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$284,554
Amount won
$257,678
Net wager
$26,876
Funds in
$116,093
Funds out
$89,217
Net terminal income
$26,876
NTI tax
$9,407
State share
$8,061
Municipality share
$1,345

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