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KOLIKO'S CAFE

South Elgin · Kane County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 160702437 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −23%YoY −30%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$28,310
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$157
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$414,951
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,718
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
55th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#21 of 27 in South Elgin
Hold
11.7%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
86th pct of 8,629 IL locations
100th pct of 27 in South Elgin
Cycle rate
2.45×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
31st pct of 8,629 IL locations
44th pct of 27 in South Elgin
Play / machine
$40.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
45th pct of 8,629 IL locations
15th pct of 27 in South Elgin

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$270/mo vs the $4,988 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
$28,310
Gaming tax
−$9,908
After tax
$18,401
Your take-home
$9,201
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$9,908 · 35%Operator's 50%$9,201 · 32%Yours, 50%$9,201 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,201 to you and $9,201 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 — 55th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In South Elgin — #21 of 27 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 47th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your South Elgin peers26 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a South Elgin 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 South Elgin 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 $70,566
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior South Elgin median ($48,305)
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 $157 · South Elgin median $280
your WPU (per machine, per day) South Elgin median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.7% · 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 down 30% 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 +1% this year vs +59% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

South Elgin's total gaming income is +6% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −30% 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)
$157/day
per machine · per day · South Elgin median $280/day · −44%
At the South Elgin median this gameset would add roughly $265,267 a year.
WPU momentum
−36%
last 3 months $146/day vs prior 3 $229/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($46,452 avg) · softest January ($32,075 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±22% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

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
733
Avg NTI / Location
$36,176
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,303
Total NTI
$26,517,213

Year over year

Your NTI is −3% down year over year, trailing the Kane County market (+6%).

Your Location
−3%
$414,951 vs $425,903 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Kane County)
+6%
typical Location: $37,653 vs $35,369

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,718 in September 2026 — the 55th 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 South Elgin, that's #21 of 27 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 11.7% — 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.
•Efficient gameset — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $9,908 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,201 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −23% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 733 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$241,663
Amount won
$213,353
Net wager
$28,310
Funds in
$98,533
Funds out
$70,223
Net terminal income
$28,310
NTI tax
$9,908
State share
$8,492
Municipality share
$1,417

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