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Midlothian · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 160700690 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of February 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −47%YoY −87%

Your performance · February 2026

NTI
$471
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$3
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$108,125
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$79
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,122/mo
0th pct of 8,493 IL locations
#22 of 22 in Midlothian
Hold
4.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
3rd pct of 8,493 IL locations
5th pct of 22 in Midlothian
Cycle rate
1.83×
this month
state median 2.67× · engagement
1st pct of 8,493 IL locations
11th pct of 22 in Midlothian
Play / machine
$1.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.1K/mo
0th pct of 8,493 IL locations
0th pct of 22 in Midlothian

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,636 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,882/mo vs the $4,961 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (February 2026)

NTI this month
$471
Gaming tax
−$165
After tax
$306
Your take-home
$153
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$165 · 35%Operator's 50%$153 · 32%Yours, 50%$153 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $153 to you and $153 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

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 0th percentile of 8,493 Illinois locations this month
In Midlothian — #22 of 22 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 0th percentile of 6,636
Your gameset — you among your Midlothian peers21 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Midlothian 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 Midlothian 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 $46,680
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Midlothian median ($27,707)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.83× · state median 2.67×
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 $3 · Midlothian median $165
your WPU (per machine, per day) Midlothian median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 4.4% · 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 monthFebruary 2026 down 87% on a year earlier
March 2025 – February 2026March 2024 – February 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: January → February moved −94% this year vs −55% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is −87% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your gameset.

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)
$3/day
per machine · per day · Midlothian median $165/day · −98%
At the Midlothian median this gameset would add roughly $326,826 a year.
WPU momentum
−45%
last 3 months $28/day vs prior 3 $50/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($24,598 avg) · softest February ($12,406 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±43% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC

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

Locations
2,511
Avg NTI / Location
$32,034
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,601
Total NTI
$80,437,586

Year over year

Your NTI is −2% down year over year, trailing the Cook County market (+3%).

Your Location
−2%
$108,125 vs $110,219 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+3%
typical Location: $41,358 vs $40,115

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $79 in February 2026 — the 0th percentile of 8,493 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 Midlothian, that's #22 of 22 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 4.4% — below the 9.4% 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 1.83× 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.
•Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
•After $165 in gaming tax, February 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $153 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −47% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2511 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full February 2026 report detail
Amount played
$10,624
Amount won
$10,154
Net wager
$470
Funds in
$5,809
Funds out
$5,338
Net terminal income
$471
NTI tax
$165
State share
$141
Municipality share
$24

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