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TIMKA Inc.

Charleston · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 180704577
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −33%YoY +32%

Your performance · May 2025

NTI
$5,539
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$30
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$93,465
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$923
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,346/mo
8th pct of 8,527 IL locations
#19 of 22 in Charleston
Hold
10.3%
this month
state median 9.2% · above
70th pct of 8,527 IL locations
82nd pct of 22 in Charleston
Cycle rate
4.09×
this month
state median 2.79× · engagement
99th pct of 8,527 IL locations
100th pct of 22 in Charleston
Play / machine
$9.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $48.5K/mo
5th pct of 8,527 IL locations
9th pct of 22 in Charleston

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,467 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,332/mo vs the $5,255 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (May 2025)

NTI this month
$5,539
Gaming tax
−$1,939
After tax
$3,600
Your take-home
$1,800
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,939 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,800 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,800 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,800 to you and $1,800 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 — 8th percentile of 8,527 Illinois locations this month
In Charleston — #19 of 22 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 4th percentile of 6,467
Your gameset — you among your Charleston peers21 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Charleston 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 Charleston 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 $40,862
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Charleston median ($18,094) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 4.09× · state median 2.79×
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 $30 · Charleston median $127
your WPU (per machine, per day) Charleston median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.3% · state median 9.2%
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 monthMay 2025 up 32% on a year earlier
June 2024 – May 2025June 2023 – May 2024

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.

Your town's market

Charleston's total gaming income is −2% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +32% 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)
$30/day
per machine · per day · Charleston median $127/day · −77%
At the Charleston median this gameset would add roughly $216,791 a year.
WPU momentum
+81%
last 3 months $33/day vs prior 3 $18/day
Seasonality
September peak
strongest September ($21,767 avg) · softest July ($3,724 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±110% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −2% down year over year.

Your Location
−2%
$93,465 vs $94,978 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $923 in May 2025 — the 8th percentile of 8,527 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 Charleston, that's #19 of 22 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 10.3% — above the 9.2% 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 4.09× 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 $1,939 in gaming tax, May 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,800 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −33% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full May 2025 report detail
Amount played
$53,833
Amount won
$48,294
Net wager
$5,539
Funds in
$13,151
Funds out
$7,612
Net terminal income
$5,539
NTI tax
$1,939
State share
$1,653
Municipality share
$285

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