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ELKS LODGE #1428

Metropolis · Massac County · IL · 4 terminals
IGB license 160802803 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +8%YoY +34%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$4,152
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$35
per machine · per day
Terminals
4
machines in service
Annual NTI
$49,190
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,038
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
10th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#11 of 13 in Metropolis
Hold
11.9%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
87th pct of 8,629 IL locations
92nd pct of 13 in Metropolis
Cycle rate
2.38×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
23rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
15th pct of 13 in Metropolis
Play / machine
$8.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
6th pct of 8,629 IL locations
8th pct of 13 in Metropolis

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,546 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,141/mo vs the $2,179 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
$4,152
Gaming tax
−$1,453
After tax
$2,699
Your take-home
$1,349
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,453 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,349 · 33%Yours, 50%$1,349 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,349 to you and $1,349 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 — 10th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Metropolis — #11 of 13 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 23rd percentile of 1,546
Your gameset — you among your Metropolis peers12 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Metropolis peer (anonymized) statewide median

3 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Metropolis 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 $20,513
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Metropolis median ($20,513) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.38× · 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 $35 · Metropolis median $131
your WPU (per machine, per day) Metropolis median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.9% · 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 34% 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 −19% this year vs −57% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +34% 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)
$35/day
per machine · per day · Metropolis median $131/day · −74%
At the Metropolis median this gameset would add roughly $139,043 a year.
WPU momentum
−4%
last 3 months $31/day vs prior 3 $32/day
Seasonality
October peak
strongest October ($3,809 avg) · softest July ($1,614 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is +106% up year over year, outpacing the Massac County market (−2%).

Your Location
+106%
$49,190 vs $23,866 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Massac County)
−2%
typical Location: $40,880 vs $41,887

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,038 in September 2026 — the 10th 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 Metropolis, that's #11 of 13 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 11.9% — 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 2.38× 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 $1,453 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,349 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +8% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$34,830
Amount won
$30,678
Net wager
$4,152
Funds in
$14,604
Funds out
$10,452
Net terminal income
$4,152
NTI tax
$1,453
State share
$1,245
Municipality share
$208

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

ELKS LODGE #1428 — gaming performance, Metropolis, Massac County, IL — The Gameset