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Mattoon Lanes

Mattoon · Coles County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 150703610 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
Efficient gamesetMomentum +19%YoY +108%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$5,235
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$34
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$47,267
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,047
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
10th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#29 of 34 in Mattoon
Hold
15.0%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
98th pct of 8,611 IL locations
100th pct of 34 in Mattoon
Cycle rate
2.91×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
82nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
63rd pct of 34 in Mattoon
Play / machine
$7.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
4th pct of 8,611 IL locations
4th pct of 34 in Mattoon

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is $1,193/mo vs the $2,240 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
$5,235
Gaming tax
$1,832
After tax
$3,403
Your take-home
$1,701
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,832 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,701 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,701 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,701 to you and $1,701 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 — 10th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Mattoon — #29 of 34 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 23rd percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Mattoon peers33 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Mattoon 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 Mattoon 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 $25,911
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mattoon median ($25,911) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.91× · 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 $34 · Mattoon median $139
your WPU (per machine, per day) Mattoon median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 15.0% · 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 108% on a year earlier
September 2025August 2026September 2024August 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 +9% this year vs −40% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Mattoon's total gaming income is +5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +108% 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)
$34/day
per machine · per day · Mattoon median $139/day · −76%
At the Mattoon median this gameset would add roughly $196,283 a year.
WPU momentum
+79%
last 3 months $30/day vs prior 3 $16/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($5,031 avg) · softest November ($2,569 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±53% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is +23% up year over year, outpacing the Coles County market (+5%).

Your Location
+23%
$47,267 vs $38,388 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Coles County)
+5%
typical Location: $30,547 vs $28,961

Takeaways

Each terminal earned about $1,047 in August 2026 — the 10th 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 Mattoon, that's #29 of 34 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 15.0% — 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 2.91× 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 $1,832 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,701 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
Recent momentum is building — +19% against your trailing average.
Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$34,805
Amount won
$29,570
Net wager
$5,235
Funds in
$11,969
Funds out
$6,734
Net terminal income
$5,235
NTI tax
$1,832
State share
$1,570
Municipality share
$262

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