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Big Shots Tavern

Christopher · Franklin County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 180702981 · Operator: Action Video Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −12%YoY +48%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$12,649
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$68
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$140,451
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,108
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
24th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#7 of 9 in Christopher
Hold
15.5%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
98th pct of 8,611 IL locations
89th pct of 9 in Christopher
Cycle rate
3.05×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
89th pct of 8,611 IL locations
44th pct of 9 in Christopher
Play / machine
$13.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
11th pct of 8,611 IL locations
33rd pct of 9 in Christopher

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,001/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
$12,649
Gaming tax
−$4,427
After tax
$8,222
Your take-home
$4,111
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,427 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,111 · 33%Yours, 50%$4,111 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,111 to you and $4,111 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 — 24th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Christopher — #7 of 9 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 17th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Christopher peers8 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Christopher peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Christopher 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 $19,647
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Franklin County median ($16,834) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.05× · 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 $68 · Franklin County median $95
your WPU (per machine, per day) Franklin County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 15.5% · 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 48% 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 +76% this year vs −55% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Christopher's total gaming income is −17% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +48% 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)
$68/day
per machine · per day · Franklin County median $95/day · −29%
At the Franklin County median this gameset would add roughly $60,869 a year.
WPU momentum
−22%
last 3 months $55/day vs prior 3 $72/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($13,629 avg) · softest June ($9,015 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±18% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Action Video 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
46
Avg NTI / Location
$48,083
Avg NTI / Terminal
$8,072
Total NTI
$2,211,826

Year over year

Your NTI is +16% up year over year, outpacing the Franklin County market (−1%).

Your Location
+16%
$140,451 vs $121,548 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Franklin County)
−1%
typical Location: $22,560 vs $22,758

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,108 in August 2026 — the 24th 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 Christopher, that's #7 of 9 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 15.5% — 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 3.05× 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 $4,427 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,111 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −12% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Action Video Gaming, LLC runs 46 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$81,648
Amount won
$68,999
Net wager
$12,649
Funds in
$26,775
Funds out
$14,126
Net terminal income
$12,649
NTI tax
$4,427
State share
$3,794
Municipality share
$633

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