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Stretch's Sports Bar & Grill Corporation

Waukegan · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 170700885
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Room to growMomentum −68%YoY −97%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · May 2023

NTI
$497
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$3
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$166,083
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$83
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,924/mo
0th pct of 8,144 IL locations
#59 of 59 in Waukegan
Hold
2.7%
this month
state median 9.0% · below
1st pct of 8,144 IL locations
0th pct of 59 in Waukegan
Cycle rate
3.32×
this month
state median 2.90× · engagement
88th pct of 8,144 IL locations
98th pct of 59 in Waukegan
Play / machine
$3.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.7K/mo
0th pct of 8,144 IL locations
0th pct of 59 in Waukegan

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,630 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,987/mo vs the $5,070 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (May 2023)

NTI this month
$497
Gaming tax
−$169
After tax
$328
Your take-home
$164
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$169 · 34%Operator's 50%$164 · 33%Yours, 50%$164 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $164 to you and $164 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 — 0th percentile of 8,144 Illinois locations this month
In Waukegan — #59 of 59 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 0th percentile of 5,630
Your gameset — you among your Waukegan peers58 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Waukegan 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 Waukegan 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 $37,045
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Waukegan median ($37,045)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.32× · state median 2.90×
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 $3 · Waukegan median $199
your WPU (per machine, per day) Waukegan median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 2.7% · state median 9.0%
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 monthMay 2023 down 97% on a year earlier
June 2022 – May 2023Jun 2021 – May 2022

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: April → May moved −93% this year vs −41% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Waukegan's total gaming income is −16% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −97% 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)
$3/day
per machine · per day · Waukegan median $199/day · −99%
At the Waukegan median this gameset would add roughly $438,579 a year.
WPU momentum
−52%
last 3 months $32/day vs prior 3 $66/day
Seasonality
September peak
strongest September ($24,022 avg) · softest May ($7,513 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±52% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −97% down year over year.

Your Location
−97%
$497 vs $14,529 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $83 in May 2023 — the 0th percentile of 8,144 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 Waukegan, that's #59 of 59 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 2.7% — below the 9.0% 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 3.32× 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 $169 in gaming tax, May 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $164 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.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full May 2023 report detail
Amount played
$18,616
Amount won
$18,119
Net wager
$498
Funds in
$5,603
Funds out
$5,106
Net terminal income
$497
NTI tax
$169
State share
$144
Municipality share
$25

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