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Spirits Lounge

Eldorado · Saline County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 160702685 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −12%YoY +77%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$8,850
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$49
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$129,742
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,475
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
16th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#7 of 8 in Eldorado
Hold
9.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
47th pct of 8,629 IL locations
63rd pct of 8 in Eldorado
Cycle rate
2.79×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
72nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
25th pct of 8 in Eldorado
Play / machine
$15.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
15th pct of 8,629 IL locations
25th pct of 8 in Eldorado

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,513/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
$8,850
Gaming tax
−$3,098
After tax
$5,753
Your take-home
$2,876
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,098 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,876 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,876 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,876 to you and $2,876 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 — 16th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Eldorado — #7 of 8 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 11th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Eldorado peers7 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Eldorado 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 Eldorado 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 $31,652
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Saline County median ($17,939)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.79× · 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 $49 · Saline County median $108
your WPU (per machine, per day) Saline County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.3% · 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 up 77% 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 −15% this year vs −46% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Eldorado's total gaming income is −5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +77% 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 gameset.

Win per unit (WPU)
$49/day
per machine · per day · Saline County median $108/day · −55%
At the Saline County median this gameset would add roughly $127,629 a year.
WPU momentum
−4%
last 3 months $56/day vs prior 3 $58/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($19,180 avg) · softest October ($11,375 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±28% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC

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
2,679
Avg NTI / Location
$28,734
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,975
Total NTI
$76,978,768

Year over year

Your NTI is +16% up year over year, outpacing the Saline County market (+8%).

Your Location
+16%
$129,742 vs $111,970 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Saline County)
+8%
typical Location: $24,334 vs $22,440

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,475 in September 2026 — the 16th 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 Eldorado, that's #7 of 8 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 9.3% — 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 2.79× 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 $3,098 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,876 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Heads-up: NTI has slipped three months running. Worth a look — it can be seasonal (check the year-ago comparison), or a sign the gameset is due for fresher titles or better service.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$95,204
Amount won
$86,353
Net wager
$8,850
Funds in
$34,183
Funds out
$25,333
Net terminal income
$8,850
NTI tax
$3,098
State share
$2,655
Municipality share
$443

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