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Crete · Will County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 180701836 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
Efficient gamesetMomentum −52%YoY −74%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$24,349
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$135
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$1,061,466
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,058
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
49th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#12 of 21 in Crete
Hold
11.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
84th pct of 8,629 IL locations
71st pct of 21 in Crete
Cycle rate
2.77×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
70th pct of 8,629 IL locations
79th pct of 21 in Crete
Play / machine
$35.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
39th pct of 8,629 IL locations
38th pct of 21 in Crete

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$930/mo vs the $4,988 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
$24,349
Gaming tax
−$8,522
After tax
$15,827
Your take-home
$7,913
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$8,522 · 35%Operator's 50%$7,913 · 32%Yours, 50%$7,913 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,913 to you and $7,913 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 — 49th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Crete — #12 of 21 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 41st percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Crete peers20 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Crete 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 Crete 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 $115,964
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Crete median ($31,773)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.77× · 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 $135 · Crete median $177
your WPU (per machine, per day) Crete median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.6% · 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 down 74% 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 −34% this year vs −19% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Crete's total gaming income is +19% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −74% 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)
$135/day
per machine · per day · Crete median $177/day · −23%
At the Crete median this gameset would add roughly $89,094 a year.
WPU momentum
−56%
last 3 months $255/day vs prior 3 $574/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($86,466 avg) · softest September ($67,872 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±32% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,679
Avg NTI / Location
$28,734
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,975
Total NTI
$76,978,768

Year over year

Your NTI is −5% down year over year, trailing the Will County market (+1%).

Your Location
−5%
$1,061,466 vs $1,120,965 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Will County)
+1%
typical Location: $37,405 vs $36,921

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,058 in September 2026 — the 49th 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 Crete, that's #12 of 21 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 11.6% — 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 2.77× 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 $8,522 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,913 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.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$210,663
Amount won
$186,314
Net wager
$24,349
Funds in
$76,188
Funds out
$51,839
Net terminal income
$24,349
NTI tax
$8,522
State share
$7,303
Municipality share
$1,219

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