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The Rusty Wheel Tavern

South Beloit · Winnebago County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 180701987 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −0%YoY +60%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$21,466
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$115
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$199,803
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,578
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
42nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#23 of 24 in South Beloit
Hold
10.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
75th pct of 8,611 IL locations
75th pct of 24 in South Beloit
Cycle rate
2.38×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
23rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
17th pct of 24 in South Beloit
Play / machine
$33.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
36th pct of 8,611 IL locations
15th pct of 24 in South Beloit

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,532/mo vs the $5,109 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$21,466
Gaming tax
−$7,513
After tax
$13,953
Your take-home
$6,976
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$7,513 · 35%Operator's 50%$6,976 · 32%Yours, 50%$6,976 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,976 to you and $6,976 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 — 42nd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In South Beloit — #23 of 24 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 35th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your South Beloit peers23 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a South Beloit 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 South Beloit 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 $36,750
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior South Beloit median ($36,750)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.38× · state median 2.60×
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 $115 · South Beloit median $198
your WPU (per machine, per day) South Beloit median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.8% · 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 monthAugust 2026 up 60% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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: July → August moved +66% this year vs −5% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +60% 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)
$115/day
per machine · per day · South Beloit median $198/day · −42%
At the South Beloit median this gameset would add roughly $183,414 a year.
WPU momentum
−5%
last 3 months $97/day vs prior 3 $103/day
Seasonality
January peak
strongest January ($21,801 avg) · softest June ($12,822 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±35% 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
2,677
Avg NTI / Location
$29,789
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,160
Total NTI
$79,746,194

Year over year

Your NTI is +28% up year over year, outpacing the Winnebago County market (+3%).

Your Location
+28%
$199,803 vs $155,600 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Winnebago County)
+3%
typical Location: $37,367 vs $36,341

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,578 in August 2026 — the 42nd percentile of 8,611 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 South Beloit, that's #23 of 24 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 10.8% — 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 2.38× 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 $7,513 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,976 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2677 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$199,416
Amount won
$177,949
Net wager
$21,466
Funds in
$83,722
Funds out
$62,257
Net terminal income
$21,466
NTI tax
$7,513
State share
$6,439
Municipality share
$1,074

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