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EL SANTO MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA

St. Charles · Kane County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 160702605 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +17%YoY −10%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$16,704
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$108
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$176,015
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,341
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
40th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#16 of 27 in St. Charles
Hold
12.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
92nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
85th pct of 27 in St. Charles
Cycle rate
2.68×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
59th pct of 8,611 IL locations
54th pct of 27 in St. Charles
Play / machine
$26.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
27th pct of 8,611 IL locations
37th pct of 27 in St. Charles

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is +$1,101/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
$16,704
Gaming tax
−$5,846
After tax
$10,858
Your take-home
$5,429
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$5,846 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,429 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,429 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,429 to you and $5,429 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 — 40th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In St. Charles — #16 of 27 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 67th percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your St. Charles peers26 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a St. Charles peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another St. Charles 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 $48,680
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior St. Charles median ($18,466)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.68× · 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 $108 · St. Charles median $108
your WPU (per machine, per day) St. Charles median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.8% · 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 down 10% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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 +55% this year vs +54% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

St. Charles's total gaming income is +12% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −10% 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)
$108/day
per machine · per day · St. Charles median $108/day · −0%
At the St. Charles median this gameset would add roughly $129 a year.
WPU momentum
+54%
last 3 months $91/day vs prior 3 $59/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($28,186 avg) · softest July ($18,586 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±35% 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
729
Avg NTI / Location
$37,312
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,498
Total NTI
$27,200,241

Year over year

Your NTI is −17% down year over year, trailing the Kane County market (+6%).

Your Location
−17%
$176,015 vs $211,052 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Kane County)
+6%
typical Location: $37,352 vs $35,219

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,341 in August 2026 — the 40th 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 St. Charles, that's #16 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 12.8% — 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 2.68× 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 $5,846 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,429 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +17% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 729 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$130,521
Amount won
$113,817
Net wager
$16,704
Funds in
$48,713
Funds out
$32,009
Net terminal income
$16,704
NTI tax
$5,846
State share
$5,010
Municipality share
$836

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