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Lucky Dog

Cicero · Cook County · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 190702721 · Operator: Top Notch Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −39%YoY −66%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$3,653
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$41
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$106,631
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,218
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
13th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#73 of 75 in Cicero
Hold
5.1%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
4th pct of 8,629 IL locations
1st pct of 75 in Cicero
Cycle rate
2.90×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
81st pct of 8,629 IL locations
93rd pct of 75 in Cicero
Play / machine
$24.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
26th pct of 8,629 IL locations
13th pct of 75 in Cicero

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 260 of them), your NTI/machine is −$405/mo vs the $1,623 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
$3,653
Gaming tax
−$1,278
After tax
$2,374
Your take-home
$1,187
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,278 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,187 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,187 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,187 to you and $1,187 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 — 13th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Cicero — #73 of 75 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 36th percentile of 260
Your gameset — you among your Cicero peers74 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Cicero peer (anonymized) statewide median

2 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Cicero 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 $37,149
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Cicero median ($37,149) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.90× · 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 $41 · Cicero median $206
your WPU (per machine, per day) Cicero median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.1% · 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 66% 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 −17% this year vs −39% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Cicero's total gaming income is +11% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −66% 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)
$41/day
per machine · per day · Cicero median $206/day · −80%
At the Cicero median this gameset would add roughly $179,065 a year.
WPU momentum
−12%
last 3 months $67/day vs prior 3 $76/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($11,500 avg) · softest April ($6,478 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Top Notch Entertainment, 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
9
Avg NTI / Location
$57,419
Avg NTI / Terminal
$10,133
Total NTI
$516,771

Year over year

Your NTI is −9% down year over year, trailing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
−9%
$106,631 vs $117,205 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,751 vs $40,728

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,218 in September 2026 — the 13th 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 Cicero, that's #73 of 75 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 5.1% — 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 2.90× 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 $1,278 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,187 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Heads-up: NTI has slipped three months running. Worth a look — it can be seasonal (check the year-ago comparison), or a sign the gameset is due for fresher titles or better service.
•Terminal Operator Top Notch Entertainment, LLC runs 9 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$72,074
Amount won
$68,421
Net wager
$3,653
Funds in
$24,896
Funds out
$21,243
Net terminal income
$3,653
NTI tax
$1,278
State share
$1,096
Municipality share
$183

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