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Island Lake · McHenry County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 160700289 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of June 2026)
Efficient floorMomentum −16%YoY +30%

Your performance · June 2026

NTI
$25,495
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$142
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$325,661
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,249
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,132/mo
51st pct of 8,597 IL floors
#155 of 280 in McHenry County
Hold
13.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
94th pct of 8,597 IL floors
95th pct of 280 in McHenry County
Cycle rate
2.40×
this month
state median 2.61× · engagement
24th pct of 8,597 IL floors
31st pct of 280 in McHenry County
Play / machine
$32.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.2K/mo
36th pct of 8,597 IL floors
29th pct of 280 in McHenry County

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,745 of them), your NTI/machine is $706/mo vs the $4,955 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (June 2026)

NTI this month
$25,495
Gaming tax
$8,923
After tax
$16,572
Your take-home
$8,286
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,286 to you and $8,286 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 — 51st percentile of 8,597 Illinois floors this month
In McHenry County — #155 of 280 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 43rd percentile of 6,745
The Floor — you among your McHenry County peers279 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a McHenry County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each grey dot is another McHenry County 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 $39,913
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior McHenry County median ($26,972)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.40× · state median 2.61×
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 $142 · McHenry County median $162
your WPU (per machine, per day) McHenry County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 13.2% · 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.

Seasonality check: May June moved +47% this year vs +1% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Island Lake's total gaming income is +23% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is +30% 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 floor.

Win per unit (WPU)
$142/day
per machine · per day · McHenry County median $162/day · −13%
At the McHenry County median this floor would add roughly $44,878 a year.
WPU momentum
−36%
last 3 months $110/day vs prior 3 $172/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($24,983 avg) · softest January ($15,952 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±35% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC

Linked to your Location as of June 2026 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
2,544
Avg NTI / Location
$32,056
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,603
Total NTI
$81,550,752

Year over year

Your NTI is +44% up year over year, outpacing the McHenry County market (+8%).

Your Location
+44%
$325,661 vs $225,957 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (McHenry County)
+8%
typical Location: $33,134 vs $30,752

Takeaways

Each terminal earned about $4,249 in June 2026 — the 51st percentile of 8,597 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 McHenry County, that's #155 of 280 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 13.2% — above the 9.4% 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 2.40× 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 $8,923 in gaming tax, June 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,286 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
Recent momentum is softening — −16% against your trailing average.
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Full June 2026 report detail
Amount played
$192,713
Amount won
$167,219
Net wager
$25,495
Funds in
$80,285
Funds out
$54,791
Net terminal income
$25,495
NTI tax
$8,923
State share
$7,647
Municipality share
$1,276

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

CHI-TOWN DOGS — gaming performance, Island Lake, McHenry County, IL — The Gameset