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Niles Liquor Express Inc.

River Grove · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 190701221
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −46%YoY −89%

Your performance · June 2022

NTI
$2,276
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$15
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$237,593
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$455
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,612/mo
3rd pct of 7,802 IL locations
#15 of 15 in River Grove
Hold
10.9%
this month
state median 8.7% · above
85th pct of 7,802 IL locations
93rd pct of 15 in River Grove
Cycle rate
2.82×
this month
state median 2.98× · engagement
31st pct of 7,802 IL locations
47th pct of 15 in River Grove
Play / machine
$4.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $42.9K/mo
1st pct of 7,802 IL locations
0th pct of 15 in River Grove

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,333 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,639/mo vs the $2,095 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (June 2022)

NTI this month
$2,276
Gaming tax
−$774
After tax
$1,502
Your take-home
$751
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$774 · 34%Operator's 50%$751 · 33%Yours, 50%$751 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $751 to you and $751 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 — 3rd percentile of 7,802 Illinois locations this month
In River Grove — #15 of 15 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 6th percentile of 2,333
Your gameset — you among your River Grove peers14 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a River Grove 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 River Grove 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 $37,496
2021
2022
latest month up vs prior down vs prior River Grove median ($37,496)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.82× · state median 2.98×
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 $15 · River Grove median $219
your WPU (per machine, per day) River Grove median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.9% · state median 8.7%
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 monthJune 2022 down 89% on a year earlier
July 2021 – June 2022Jul 2020 – June 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: May → June moved −89% this year vs −20% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

River Grove's total gaming income is +6% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −89% 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)
$15/day
per machine · per day · River Grove median $219/day · −93%
At the River Grove median this gameset would add roughly $366,256 a year.
WPU momentum
−34%
last 3 months $78/day vs prior 3 $118/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($33,561 avg) · softest June ($11,590 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±42% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −89% down year over year.

Your Location
−89%
$2,276 vs $20,904 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $455 in June 2022 — the 3rd percentile of 7,802 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 River Grove, that's #15 of 15 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 10.9% — above the 8.7% 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 2.82× 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 $774 in gaming tax, June 2022's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $751 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −46% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full June 2022 report detail
Amount played
$20,904
Amount won
$18,628
Net wager
$2,276
Funds in
$7,417
Funds out
$5,141
Net terminal income
$2,276
NTI tax
$774
State share
$660
Municipality share
$114

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