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MONESSA CORPORATION

Niles · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 170704128
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −43%YoY −74%

Your performance · May 2025

NTI
$8,968
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$48
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$295,253
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,495
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,346/mo
15th pct of 8,527 IL locations
#26 of 29 in Niles
Hold
11.8%
this month
state median 9.2% · above
88th pct of 8,527 IL locations
93rd pct of 29 in Niles
Cycle rate
2.89×
this month
state median 2.79× · engagement
63rd pct of 8,527 IL locations
59th pct of 29 in Niles
Play / machine
$12.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $48.5K/mo
9th pct of 8,527 IL locations
3rd pct of 29 in Niles

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,467 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,761/mo vs the $5,255 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (May 2025)

NTI this month
$8,968
Gaming tax
−$3,139
After tax
$5,829
Your take-home
$2,915
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,139 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,915 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,915 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,915 to you and $2,915 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 — 15th percentile of 8,527 Illinois locations this month
In Niles — #26 of 29 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 9th percentile of 6,467
Your gameset — you among your Niles peers28 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Niles peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Niles 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 $59,274
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Niles median ($53,466)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.89× · state median 2.79×
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 $48 · Niles median $287
your WPU (per machine, per day) Niles median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.8% · state median 9.2%
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 2025 down 74% on a year earlier
June 2024 – May 2025June 2023 – May 2024

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 −41% this year vs −41% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Niles's total gaming income is +1% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −74% 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)
$48/day
per machine · per day · Niles median $287/day · −83%
At the Niles median this gameset would add roughly $533,966 a year.
WPU momentum
−31%
last 3 months $83/day vs prior 3 $121/day
Seasonality
October peak
strongest October ($33,408 avg) · softest June ($22,758 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±40% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −31% down year over year.

Your Location
−31%
$295,253 vs $426,700 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,495 in May 2025 — the 15th percentile of 8,527 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 Niles, that's #26 of 29 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 11.8% — above the 9.2% 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 2.89× 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 $3,139 in gaming tax, May 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,915 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −43% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full May 2025 report detail
Amount played
$75,978
Amount won
$67,009
Net wager
$8,968
Funds in
$26,265
Funds out
$17,297
Net terminal income
$8,968
NTI tax
$3,139
State share
$2,677
Municipality share
$462

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

MONESSA CORPORATION — gaming performance, Niles, IL — The Gameset