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Columbia · Monroe County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 170702452 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −18%YoY −17%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$30,851
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$171
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$495,708
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$5,142
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
59th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#9 of 12 in Columbia
Hold
14.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
97th pct of 8,629 IL locations
92nd pct of 12 in Columbia
Cycle rate
2.45×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
30th pct of 8,629 IL locations
17th pct of 12 in Columbia
Play / machine
$36.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
41st pct of 8,629 IL locations
17th pct of 12 in Columbia

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is +$153/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
$30,851
Gaming tax
−$10,798
After tax
$20,053
Your take-home
$10,027
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$10,798 · 35%Operator's 50%$10,027 · 32%Yours, 50%$10,027 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $10,027 to you and $10,027 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 — 59th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Columbia — #9 of 12 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 52nd percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Columbia peers11 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Columbia 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 Columbia 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 $54,580
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Columbia median ($44,582)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.45× · 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 $171 · Columbia median $248
your WPU (per machine, per day) Columbia median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 14.3% · 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 down 17% 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 −12% this year vs −10% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Columbia's total gaming income is +17% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −17% 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)
$171/day
per machine · per day · Columbia median $248/day · −31%
At the Columbia median this gameset would add roughly $164,771 a year.
WPU momentum
−25%
last 3 months $190/day vs prior 3 $255/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($45,071 avg) · softest January ($32,662 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±16% 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 +7% up year over year, outpacing the Monroe County market (+6%).

Your Location
+7%
$495,708 vs $461,518 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Monroe County)
+6%
typical Location: $30,172 vs $28,368

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $5,142 in September 2026 — the 59th 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 Columbia, that's #9 of 12 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 14.3% — 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 2.45× 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 $10,798 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $10,027 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −18% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$215,788
Amount won
$184,936
Net wager
$30,851
Funds in
$88,247
Funds out
$57,396
Net terminal income
$30,851
NTI tax
$10,798
State share
$9,254
Municipality share
$1,544

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