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Ottawa Slots LLC

Ottawa · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 190703221
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −17%YoY −50%

Your performance · July 2024

NTI
$24,366
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$131
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$521,820
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,061
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,744/mo
53rd pct of 8,411 IL locations
#20 of 42 in Ottawa
Hold
10.3%
this month
state median 9.2% · above
70th pct of 8,411 IL locations
79th pct of 42 in Ottawa
Cycle rate
3.06×
this month
state median 2.85× · engagement
74th pct of 8,411 IL locations
79th pct of 42 in Ottawa
Play / machine
$39.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $41.8K/mo
48th pct of 8,411 IL locations
52nd pct of 42 in Ottawa

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,174 of them), your NTI/machine is −$613/mo vs the $4,674 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (July 2024)

NTI this month
$24,366
Gaming tax
−$8,528
After tax
$15,838
Your take-home
$7,919
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$8,528 · 35%Operator's 50%$7,919 · 32%Yours, 50%$7,919 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,919 to you and $7,919 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 — 53rd percentile of 8,411 Illinois locations this month
In Ottawa — #20 of 42 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 43rd percentile of 6,174
Your gameset — you among your Ottawa peers41 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Ottawa peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Ottawa 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 $57,436
2021
2022
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Ottawa median ($21,645)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.06× · state median 2.85×
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 $131 · Ottawa median $116
your WPU (per machine, per day) Ottawa median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.3% · state median 9.2%
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 monthJuly 2024 down 50% on a year earlier
August 2023 – July 2024August 2022 – July 2023

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: June → July moved −47% this year vs −12% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Ottawa's total gaming income is +14% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −50% 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)
$131/day
per machine · per day · Ottawa median $116/day · +13%
WPU momentum
−23%
last 3 months $207/day vs prior 3 $270/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($47,429 avg) · softest October ($30,617 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±21% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −2% down year over year.

Your Location
−2%
$521,820 vs $531,924 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,061 in July 2024 — the 53rd percentile of 8,411 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 Ottawa, that's #20 of 42 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 10.3% — above the 9.2% 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 3.06× 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 $8,528 in gaming tax, July 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,919 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −17% against your trailing average.
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 July 2024 report detail
Amount played
$237,040
Amount won
$212,674
Net wager
$24,366
Funds in
$77,497
Funds out
$53,131
Net terminal income
$24,366
NTI tax
$8,528
State share
$7,274
Municipality share
$1,254

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