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Chen Jackpot Cafe Inc.

McHenry · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 180701595
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High play · high holdMomentum −15%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · August 2021

NTI
$37,824
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$203
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$453,888
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$6,304
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,842/mo
71st pct of 7,514 IL locations
#10 of 38 in McHenry
Hold
8.5%
this month
state median 8.4% · above
52nd pct of 7,514 IL locations
34th pct of 38 in McHenry
Cycle rate
3.03×
this month
state median 3.04× · engagement
49th pct of 7,514 IL locations
61st pct of 38 in McHenry
Play / machine
$74.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.3K/mo
70th pct of 7,514 IL locations
68th pct of 38 in McHenry

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 4,274 of them), your NTI/machine is +$586/mo vs the $5,718 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2021)

NTI this month
$37,824
Gaming tax
−$12,860
After tax
$24,964
Your take-home
$12,482
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$12,860 · 34%Operator's 50%$12,482 · 33%Yours, 50%$12,482 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,482 to you and $12,482 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

High play · high hold

Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.

What an operator sees: An operator reads this as a proven, high-value gameset and will compete hard on service to win it.

NTI/machine — 71st percentile of 7,514 Illinois locations this month
In McHenry — #10 of 38 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 56th percentile of 4,274
Your gameset — you among your McHenry peers37 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a McHenry 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 McHenry 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 $78,405
2021
latest month up vs prior down vs prior McHenry median ($21,432)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.03× · state median 3.04×
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 $203 · McHenry median $134
your WPU (per machine, per day) McHenry median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 8.5% · 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)
$203/day
per machine · per day · McHenry median $134/day · +52%
WPU momentum
−41%
last 3 months $239/day vs prior 3 $402/day
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±34% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
5 → 6 terminals
over the last 12 months

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $6,304 in August 2021 — the 71st percentile of 7,514 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 McHenry, that's #10 of 38 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 8.5% — above the 8.4% 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 3.03× 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.
•High play · high hold — Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.
•After $12,860 in gaming tax, August 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,482 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.
You're ahead of your market.

A gameset doing these numbers is the one Operators compete hardest for — and most owners never find out what that competition is worth, because they never put it out to bid.

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Full August 2021 report detail
Amount played
$444,920
Amount won
$407,096
Net wager
$37,824
Funds in
$146,666
Funds out
$108,842
Net terminal income
$37,824
NTI tax
$12,860
State share
$10,969
Municipality share
$1,891

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