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SERGIO'S CANTINA

Carbondale · Jackson County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 190701836 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −7%YoY −37%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$5,600
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$36
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$73,917
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,120
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
11th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#20 of 20 in Carbondale
Hold
6.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
10th pct of 8,611 IL locations
5th pct of 20 in Carbondale
Cycle rate
3.82×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
99th pct of 8,611 IL locations
100th pct of 20 in Carbondale
Play / machine
$17.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
16th pct of 8,611 IL locations
20th pct of 20 in Carbondale

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,120/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
$5,600
Gaming tax
−$1,960
After tax
$3,640
Your take-home
$1,820
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,960 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,820 · 33%Yours, 50%$1,820 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,820 to you and $1,820 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 — 11th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Carbondale — #20 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 25th percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Carbondale peers19 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Carbondale peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Carbondale 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 $23,909
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Carbondale median ($23,909)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.82× · 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 $36 · Carbondale median $167
your WPU (per machine, per day) Carbondale median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 6.4% · 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 down 37% 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 −31% this year vs +45% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Carbondale's total gaming income is +7% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −37% 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)
$36/day
per machine · per day · Carbondale median $167/day · −78%
At the Carbondale median this gameset would add roughly $243,972 a year.
WPU momentum
−23%
last 3 months $39/day vs prior 3 $51/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($6,037 avg) · softest October ($3,319 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±29% 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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is +7% up year over year, outpacing the Jackson County market (+2%).

Your Location
+7%
$73,917 vs $69,126 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Jackson County)
+2%
typical Location: $22,276 vs $21,747

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,120 in August 2026 — the 11th 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 Carbondale, that's #20 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 6.4% — below the 9.4% 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 3.82× 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.
•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 $1,960 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,820 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −7% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$87,585
Amount won
$81,985
Net wager
$5,600
Funds in
$22,937
Funds out
$17,336
Net terminal income
$5,600
NTI tax
$1,960
State share
$1,680
Municipality share
$280

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