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BERGER STATION LLC

Chicago Ridge · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 190700655
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Room to growMomentum −31%YoY −47%

Your performance · December 2023

NTI
$10,283
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$55
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$214,406
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,714
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,079/mo
19th pct of 8,254 IL locations
#24 of 26 in Chicago Ridge
Hold
6.7%
this month
state median 9.1% · below
14th pct of 8,254 IL locations
4th pct of 26 in Chicago Ridge
Cycle rate
2.71×
this month
state median 2.88× · engagement
28th pct of 8,254 IL locations
15th pct of 26 in Chicago Ridge
Play / machine
$25.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.8K/mo
27th pct of 8,254 IL locations
15th pct of 26 in Chicago Ridge

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,909 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,297/mo vs the $5,010 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (December 2023)

NTI this month
$10,283
Gaming tax
−$3,496
After tax
$6,787
Your take-home
$3,394
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,496 · 34%Operator's 50%$3,393 · 33%Yours, 50%$3,394 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,394 to you and $3,393 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

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 19th percentile of 8,254 Illinois locations this month
In Chicago Ridge — #24 of 26 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 11th percentile of 5,909
Your gameset — you among your Chicago Ridge peers25 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Chicago Ridge peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Chicago Ridge 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 $28,994
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Chicago Ridge median ($28,994)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.71× · state median 2.88×
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 $55 · Chicago Ridge median $156
your WPU (per machine, per day) Chicago Ridge median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 6.7% · 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 monthDecember 2023 down 47% on a year earlier
January 2023 – December 2023January 2022 – December 2022

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: November → December moved +12% this year vs +37% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Chicago Ridge's total gaming income is −5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −47% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your gameset.

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)
$55/day
per machine · per day · Chicago Ridge median $156/day · −65%
At the Chicago Ridge median this gameset would add roughly $224,525 a year.
WPU momentum
−36%
last 3 months $70/day vs prior 3 $108/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($26,666 avg) · softest November ($12,294 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±30% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
5 → 6 terminals
over the last 12 months

Year over year

Your NTI is +3% up year over year.

Your Location
+3%
$214,406 vs $208,077 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,714 in December 2023 — the 19th percentile of 8,254 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 Chicago Ridge, that's #24 of 26 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 6.7% — below the 9.1% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. 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 2.71× 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.
•Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
•After $3,496 in gaming tax, December 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,394 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −31% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full December 2023 report detail
Amount played
$152,733
Amount won
$142,450
Net wager
$10,283
Funds in
$56,460
Funds out
$46,177
Net terminal income
$10,283
NTI tax
$3,496
State share
$2,982
Municipality share
$514

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