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Circle K #4701402

Monticello · Piatt County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 190701028 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum −11%YoY −15%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$34,731
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$193
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$556,075
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$5,789
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
64th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#4 of 10 in Monticello
Hold
10.1%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
63rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
50th pct of 10 in Monticello
Cycle rate
2.87×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
79th pct of 8,629 IL locations
80th pct of 10 in Monticello
Play / machine
$57.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
60th pct of 8,629 IL locations
50th pct of 10 in Monticello

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is +$800/mo vs the $4,988 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month
$34,731
Gaming tax
−$12,156
After tax
$22,575
Your take-home
$11,288
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$12,156 · 35%Operator's 50%$11,288 · 33%Yours, 50%$11,288 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $11,288 to you and $11,288 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

High play · high hold

Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.

What an operator sees: An operator reads this as a proven, high-value gameset and will compete hard on service to win it.

NTI/machine — 64th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Monticello — #4 of 10 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 57th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Monticello peers9 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Monticello peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Monticello 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 $64,078
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Piatt County median ($18,589)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.87× · state median 2.59×
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 $193 · Piatt County median $103
your WPU (per machine, per day) Piatt County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.1% · 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 monthSeptember 2026 down 15% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026October 2024 – September 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: August → September moved −23% this year vs +8% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Monticello's total gaming income is +9% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −15% 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)
$193/day
per machine · per day · Piatt County median $103/day · +87%
WPU momentum
−2%
last 3 months $247/day vs prior 3 $252/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($42,655 avg) · softest June ($27,057 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±23% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is +18% up year over year, outpacing the Piatt County market (−4%).

Your Location
+18%
$556,075 vs $473,114 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Piatt County)
−4%
typical Location: $23,834 vs $24,910

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $5,789 in September 2026 — the 64th percentile of 8,629 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 Monticello, that's #4 of 10 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 10.1% — 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 2.87× 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.
•High play · high hold — Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.
•After $12,156 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $11,288 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −11% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
You're ahead of your market.

A gameset doing these numbers is the one Operators compete hardest for — and most owners never find out what that competition is worth, because they never put it out to bid.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$344,782
Amount won
$310,051
Net wager
$34,731
Funds in
$120,240
Funds out
$85,508
Net terminal income
$34,731
NTI tax
$12,156
State share
$10,418
Municipality share
$1,738

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