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Sandwich · DeKalb County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 180700760 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −71%YoY +872%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$2,244
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$15
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$52,067
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$449
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
3rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
#13 of 12 in Sandwich
Hold
10.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
69th pct of 8,629 IL locations
42nd pct of 12 in Sandwich
Cycle rate
2.65×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
58th pct of 8,629 IL locations
42nd pct of 12 in Sandwich
Play / machine
$4.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
1st pct of 8,629 IL locations
0th pct of 12 in Sandwich

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,546 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,730/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
$2,244
Gaming tax
−$785
After tax
$1,459
Your take-home
$729
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$785 · 35%Operator's 50%$729 · 32%Yours, 50%$729 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $729 to you and $729 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 — 3rd percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Sandwich — #13 of 12 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 7th percentile of 1,546
Your gameset — you among your Sandwich peers11 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Sandwich 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 Sandwich 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 $18,024
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Sandwich median ($18,024) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.65× · 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 $15 · Sandwich median $100
your WPU (per machine, per day) Sandwich median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.4% · 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 872% 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 +723% this year vs +2575% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Sandwich's total gaming income is +20% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +872% 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)
$15/day
per machine · per day · Sandwich median $100/day · −85%
At the Sandwich median this gameset would add roughly $153,314 a year.
WPU momentum
−75%
last 3 months $6/day vs prior 3 $25/day
Seasonality
February peak
strongest February ($7,680 avg) · softest August ($447 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±78% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
4 → 5 terminals
over the last 12 months

Your operator

Eureka Entertainment, 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
417
Avg NTI / Location
$21,637
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,059
Total NTI
$9,022,585

Year over year

Your NTI is +22% up year over year, outpacing the DeKalb County market (+17%).

Your Location
+22%
$52,067 vs $42,597 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (DeKalb County)
+17%
typical Location: $28,785 vs $24,700

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $449 in September 2026 — the 3rd 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 Sandwich, that's #13 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 10.4% — 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 2.65× 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 $785 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $729 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −71% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 417 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$21,530
Amount won
$19,286
Net wager
$2,244
Funds in
$8,111
Funds out
$5,867
Net terminal income
$2,244
NTI tax
$785
State share
$673
Municipality share
$112

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