CJ'S GAMING, LLC

DeKalb · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 160700504

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High play · lower holdMomentum −3%

Your performance · April 2021

NTI

$25,242

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$140

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$302,909

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$4,207

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,499/mo

47th pct of 7,369 IL locations

#15 of 23 in DeKalb

Hold

7.6%

this month

state median 8.4% · below

34th pct of 7,369 IL locations

48th pct of 23 in DeKalb

Cycle rate

3.37×

this month

state median 3.06× · engagement

79th pct of 7,369 IL locations

96th pct of 23 in DeKalb

Play / machine

$55.3K

monthly · per terminal

state median $54.5K/mo

51st pct of 7,369 IL locations

48th pct of 23 in DeKalb

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 3,907 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,429/mo vs the $6,636 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (April 2021)

NTI this month

$25,242

Gaming tax

−$8,582

After tax

$16,660

Your take-home

$8,330

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$8,582 · 34%Operator's 50%$8,330 · 33%Yours, 50%$8,330 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,330 to you and $8,330 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 · lower hold

Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

What an operator sees: An operator sees busy machines with margin headroom — a gameset where better titles and merchandising pay off.

NTI/machine — 47th percentile of 7,369 Illinois locations this month

In DeKalb — #15 of 23 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 25th percentile of 3,907

Your gameset — you among your DeKalb peers22 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a DeKalb peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another DeKalb 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 $80,273

2021

latest month up vs prior down vs prior DeKalb median ($32,484)

4 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.37× · state median 3.06×

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 $140 · DeKalb median $180

your WPU (per machine, per day) DeKalb median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 7.6% · state median 8.4%

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.

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)

$140/day

per machine · per day · DeKalb median $180/day · −22%

At the DeKalb median this gameset would add roughly $86,901 a year.

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,207 in April 2021 — the 47th percentile of 7,369 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 DeKalb, that's #15 of 23 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 7.6% — below the 8.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. 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 3.37× 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 · lower hold — Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

•After $8,582 in gaming tax, April 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,330 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Recent momentum is softening — −3% against your trailing average.

There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full April 2021 report detail

Amount played

$331,819

Amount won

$306,577

Net wager

$25,242

Funds in

$98,586

Funds out

$73,344

Net terminal income

$25,242

NTI tax

$8,582

State share

$7,320

Municipality share

$1,262

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