Rick Preston

Sterling · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 180700968

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Room to growMomentum −35%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · July 2021

NTI

$10,675

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$57

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$128,095

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$1,779

monthly · per terminal

state median $3,964/mo

19th pct of 7,497 IL locations

#20 of 28 in Sterling

Hold

7.5%

this month

state median 8.4% · below

32nd pct of 7,497 IL locations

29th pct of 28 in Sterling

Cycle rate

2.97×

this month

state median 3.03× · engagement

42nd pct of 7,497 IL locations

46th pct of 28 in Sterling

Play / machine

$23.7K

monthly · per terminal

state median $48.2K/mo

21st pct of 7,497 IL locations

39th pct of 28 in Sterling

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 4,219 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,117/mo vs the $5,897 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (July 2021)

NTI this month

$10,675

Gaming tax

−$3,629

After tax

$7,045

Your take-home

$3,523

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$3,629 · 34%Operator's 50%$3,523 · 33%Yours, 50%$3,523 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,523 to you and $3,523 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 — 19th percentile of 7,497 Illinois locations this month

In Sterling — #20 of 28 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 7th percentile of 4,219

Your gameset — you among your Sterling peers27 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a Sterling 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 Sterling 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 $56,860

2021

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Sterling median ($18,584)

7 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.97× · state median 3.03×

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 $57 · Sterling median $100

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

Hold % by monthlatest 7.5% · state median 8.4%

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.

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)

$57/day

per machine · per day · Sterling median $100/day · −43%

At the Sterling median this gameset would add roughly $94,917 a year.

WPU momentum

−44%

last 3 months $147/day vs prior 3 $261/day

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±38% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,779 in July 2021 — the 19th percentile of 7,497 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 Sterling, that's #20 of 28 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 7.5% — below the 8.4% 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 2.97× 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 $3,629 in gaming tax, July 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,523 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 July 2021 report detail

Amount played

$142,406

Amount won

$131,732

Net wager

$10,675

Funds in

$48,020

Funds out

$37,345

Net terminal income

$10,675

NTI tax

$3,629

State share

$3,096

Municipality share

$534

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