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Lockport · Will County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 190700841 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +12%YoY +54%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$11,447
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$74
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$74,626
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,289
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
27th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#16 of 20 in Lockport
Hold
12.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
90th pct of 8,611 IL locations
100th pct of 20 in Lockport
Cycle rate
2.15×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
7th pct of 8,611 IL locations
3rd pct of 20 in Lockport
Play / machine
$18.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
18th pct of 8,611 IL locations
18th pct of 20 in Lockport

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is +$49/mo vs the $2,240 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
$11,447
Gaming tax
−$4,006
After tax
$7,441
Your take-home
$3,720
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,006 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,720 · 33%Yours, 50%$3,720 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,720 to you and $3,720 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 — 27th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Lockport — #16 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 51st percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Lockport peers19 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Lockport peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Lockport 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 $36,259
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lockport median ($36,259) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.15× · 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 $74 · Lockport median $213
your WPU (per machine, per day) Lockport median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.3% · 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 54% 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 +514% this year vs −14% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Lockport's total gaming income is +8% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +54% 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)
$74/day
per machine · per day · Lockport median $213/day · −65%
At the Lockport median this gameset would add roughly $258,751 a year.
WPU momentum
+8%
last 3 months $48/day vs prior 3 $45/day
Seasonality
November peak
strongest November ($10,551 avg) · softest January ($6,049 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±60% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,677
Avg NTI / Location
$29,789
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,160
Total NTI
$79,746,194

Year over year

Your NTI is −25% down year over year, trailing the Will County market (+1%).

Your Location
−25%
$74,626 vs $99,843 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Will County)
+1%
typical Location: $37,297 vs $37,016

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,289 in August 2026 — the 27th 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 Lockport, that's #16 of 20 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 12.3% — 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 2.15× 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 $4,006 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,720 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +12% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2677 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$92,909
Amount won
$81,462
Net wager
$11,447
Funds in
$43,139
Funds out
$31,692
Net terminal income
$11,447
NTI tax
$4,006
State share
$3,434
Municipality share
$573

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