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Mattoon · Coles County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 180700301 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)

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Room to growMomentum −27%YoY −46%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI

$15,764

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$85

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annual NTI

$328,003

trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$2,627

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,345/mo

31st pct of 8,611 IL locations

#24 of 34 in Mattoon

Hold

7.3%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

17th pct of 8,611 IL locations

21st pct of 34 in Mattoon

Cycle rate

2.60×

this month

state median 2.60× · engagement

49th pct of 8,611 IL locations

29th pct of 34 in Mattoon

Play / machine

$35.8K

monthly · per terminal

state median $47.1K/mo

39th pct of 8,611 IL locations

35th pct of 34 in Mattoon

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,482/mo vs the $5,109 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month

$15,764

Gaming tax

−$5,517

After tax

$10,246

Your take-home

$5,123

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$5,517 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,123 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,123 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,123 to you and $5,123 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 — 31st percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month

In Mattoon — #24 of 34 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 23rd percentile of 6,794

Your gameset — you among your Mattoon peers33 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a Mattoon 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 Mattoon 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 $38,777

2025

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mattoon median ($25,911) shown, left out of rankings

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.60× · state median 2.60×

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 $85 · Mattoon median $139

your WPU (per machine, per day) Mattoon median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 7.3% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 46% on a year earlier

September 2025 – August 2026Sep 2024 – August 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: July → August moved +10% this year vs +157% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Mattoon's total gaming income is +5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −46% 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)

$85/day

per machine · per day · Mattoon median $139/day · −39%

At the Mattoon median this gameset would add roughly $121,761 a year.

WPU momentum

−34%

last 3 months $113/day vs prior 3 $171/day

Seasonality

March peak

strongest March ($38,777 avg) · softest May ($12,346 avg)

Revenue steadiness

variable

±28% 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

2,551

Avg NTI / Location

$33,097

Avg NTI / Terminal

$5,782

Total NTI

$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is −46% down year over year, trailing the Coles County market (+5%).

Your Location

−46%

$15,764 vs $29,329 (vs a year ago)

The market (Coles County)

+5%

typical Location: $30,547 vs $28,961

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,627 in August 2026 — the 31st percentile of 8,611 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 Mattoon, that's #24 of 34 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 7.3% — below the 9.4% 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 2.60× 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 $5,517 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,123 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Recent momentum is softening — −27% against your trailing average.

•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.

There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail

Amount played

$214,657

Amount won

$198,893

Net wager

$15,764

Funds in

$82,715

Funds out

$66,951

Net terminal income

$15,764

NTI tax

$5,517

State share

$4,728

Municipality share

$789

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