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J & L Bestways, Inc.

Olney · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 180701639
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High play · high holdMomentum −20%YoY −2%

Your performance · October 2025

NTI
$39,115
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$210
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$559,523
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$6,519
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,237/mo
69th pct of 8,610 IL locations
#8 of 16 in Olney
Hold
11.1%
this month
state median 9.3% · above
80th pct of 8,610 IL locations
69th pct of 16 in Olney
Cycle rate
2.54×
this month
state median 2.72× · engagement
26th pct of 8,610 IL locations
6th pct of 16 in Olney
Play / machine
$58.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.8K/mo
60th pct of 8,610 IL locations
56th pct of 16 in Olney

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,599 of them), your NTI/machine is +$1,453/mo vs the $5,066 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (October 2025)

NTI this month
$39,115
Gaming tax
−$13,690
After tax
$25,425
Your take-home
$12,712
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$13,690 · 35%Operator's 50%$12,712 · 32%Yours, 50%$12,712 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,712 to you and $12,712 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 — 69th percentile of 8,610 Illinois locations this month
In Olney — #8 of 16 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 62nd percentile of 6,599
Your gameset — you among your Olney peers15 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Olney 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 Olney 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 $113,584
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Olney median ($23,597)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.54× · state median 2.72×
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 $210 · Olney median $127
your WPU (per machine, per day) Olney median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.1% · state median 9.3%
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 monthOctober 2025 down 2% on a year earlier
November 2024 – October 2025November 2023 – October 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: September → October moved +2% this year vs −5% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Olney's total gaming income is +10% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −2% 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)
$210/day
per machine · per day · Olney median $127/day · +66%
WPU momentum
−19%
last 3 months $198/day vs prior 3 $244/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($85,669 avg) · softest January ($58,813 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±19% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −15% down year over year.

Your Location
−15%
$559,523 vs $661,311 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $6,519 in October 2025 — the 69th percentile of 8,610 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 Olney, that's #8 of 16 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 11.1% — above the 9.3% 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 2.54× 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 $13,690 in gaming tax, October 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,712 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −20% against your trailing average.
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 October 2025 report detail
Amount played
$351,219
Amount won
$312,104
Net wager
$39,115
Funds in
$138,511
Funds out
$99,396
Net terminal income
$39,115
NTI tax
$13,690
State share
$11,733
Municipality share
$1,958

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