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DESPERADO BAR AND GRILL LLC

Johnston City · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 160703998
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Room to grow

Your performance · February 2021

NTI
$1,652
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$12
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$19,818
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$330
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,267/mo
2nd pct of 7,143 IL locations
Hold
3.1%
this month
state median 8.4% · below
2nd pct of 7,143 IL locations
Cycle rate
3.70×
this month
state median 3.11× · engagement
91st pct of 7,143 IL locations
Play / machine
$10.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $40.2K/mo
8th pct of 7,143 IL locations

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,799 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,821/mo vs the $2,152 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (February 2021)

NTI this month
$1,652
Gaming tax
−$562
After tax
$1,090
Your take-home
$545
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$562 · 34%Operator's 50%$545 · 33%Yours, 50%$545 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $545 to you and $545 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 — 2nd percentile of 7,143 Illinois locations this month
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 3rd percentile of 2,799

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $5,849
2021
latest month up vs prior down vs prior

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.70× · state median 3.11×
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 $12
your WPU (per machine, per day)
Hold % by monthlatest 3.1% · 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)
$12/day
per machine · per day · daily win rate per machine

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $330 in February 2021 — the 2nd percentile of 7,143 Illinois locations that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 3.1% — 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 3.70× 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 $562 in gaming tax, February 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $545 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
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Full February 2021 report detail
Amount played
$53,714
Amount won
$52,062
Net wager
$1,652
Funds in
$14,506
Funds out
$12,855
Net terminal income
$1,652
NTI tax
$562
State share
$479
Municipality share
$83

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