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The Whiskey Barrel LLC

Galesburg · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 180704151
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +2%YoY +72%

Your performance · July 2022

NTI
$3,054
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$20
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$27,261
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$611
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,763/mo
5th pct of 7,831 IL locations
#28 of 29 in Galesburg
Hold
9.8%
this month
state median 8.6% · above
72nd pct of 7,831 IL locations
79th pct of 29 in Galesburg
Cycle rate
2.66×
this month
state median 2.97× · engagement
16th pct of 7,831 IL locations
9th pct of 29 in Galesburg
Play / machine
$6.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.7K/mo
3rd pct of 7,831 IL locations
7th pct of 29 in Galesburg

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,308 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,569/mo vs the $2,180 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (July 2022)

NTI this month
$3,054
Gaming tax
−$1,038
After tax
$2,015
Your take-home
$1,008
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,038 · 34%Operator's 50%$1,008 · 33%Yours, 50%$1,008 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,008 to you and $1,008 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 — 5th percentile of 7,831 Illinois locations this month
In Galesburg — #28 of 29 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 9th percentile of 2,308
Your gameset — you among your Galesburg peers28 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Galesburg 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 Galesburg 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 $24,827
2021
2022
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Galesburg median ($24,827) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.66× · state median 2.97×
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 $20 · Galesburg median $133
your WPU (per machine, per day) Galesburg median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.8% · state median 8.6%
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 monthJuly 2022 up 604% on a year earlier
July 2021 – July 2022Jul 2020 – July 2021

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: June → July moved +57% this year vs +27% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +72% 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)
$20/day
per machine · per day · Galesburg median $133/day · −85%
At the Galesburg median this gameset would add roughly $211,627 a year.
WPU momentum
−32%
last 3 months $15/day vs prior 3 $22/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($2,767 avg) · softest February ($1,143 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±45% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is +72% up year over year.

Your Location
+72%
$3,054 vs $1,771 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $611 in July 2022 — the 5th percentile of 7,831 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 Galesburg, that's #28 of 29 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 9.8% — above the 8.6% 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 2.66× 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 $1,038 in gaming tax, July 2022's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,008 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full July 2022 report detail
Amount played
$31,213
Amount won
$28,160
Net wager
$3,054
Funds in
$11,751
Funds out
$8,697
Net terminal income
$3,054
NTI tax
$1,038
State share
$886
Municipality share
$153

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