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DOLLAR BAR LLC

Belvidere · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 180702376
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −23%YoY +319%

Your performance · October 2024

NTI
$22,339
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$144
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$314,345
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,468
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,999/mo
55th pct of 8,487 IL locations
#17 of 37 in Belvidere
Hold
15.1%
this month
state median 9.1% · above
98th pct of 8,487 IL locations
92nd pct of 37 in Belvidere
Cycle rate
2.74×
this month
state median 2.86× · engagement
35th pct of 8,487 IL locations
43rd pct of 37 in Belvidere
Play / machine
$29.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.0K/mo
34th pct of 8,487 IL locations
35th pct of 37 in Belvidere

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,888 of them), your NTI/machine is +$2,295/mo vs the $2,173 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (October 2024)

NTI this month
$22,339
Gaming tax
−$7,819
After tax
$14,520
Your take-home
$7,260
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$7,819 · 35%Operator's 50%$7,260 · 33%Yours, 50%$7,260 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,260 to you and $7,260 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 — 55th percentile of 8,487 Illinois locations this month
In Belvidere — #17 of 37 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 80th percentile of 1,888
Your gameset — you among your Belvidere peers36 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Belvidere 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 Belvidere 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 $48,602
2021
2022
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Belvidere median ($22,339) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.74× · state median 2.86×
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 $144 · Belvidere median $124
your WPU (per machine, per day) Belvidere median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 15.1% · state median 9.1%
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 2024 up 319% on a year earlier
November 2023 – October 2024November 2022 – October 2023

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 −3% this year vs −50% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Belvidere's total gaming income is −1% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +319% 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)
$144/day
per machine · per day · Belvidere median $124/day · +16%
WPU momentum
−2%
last 3 months $152/day vs prior 3 $155/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($26,214 avg) · softest November ($11,921 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±45% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
6 → 5 terminals
over the last 12 months

Year over year

Your NTI is +117% up year over year.

Your Location
+117%
$314,345 vs $144,733 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,468 in October 2024 — the 55th percentile of 8,487 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 Belvidere, that's #17 of 37 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 15.1% — above the 9.1% 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 2.74× 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 $7,819 in gaming tax, October 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,260 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −23% 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 2024 report detail
Amount played
$148,211
Amount won
$125,872
Net wager
$22,339
Funds in
$54,115
Funds out
$31,776
Net terminal income
$22,339
NTI tax
$7,819
State share
$6,669
Municipality share
$1,150

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