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SANTINO'S STEAK AND PASTA HOUSE, INC.

Alton · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 190704027
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −27%YoY −37%

Your performance · August 2023

NTI
$1,747
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$11
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$21,817
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$349
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,831/mo
2nd pct of 8,218 IL locations
#34 of 37 in Alton
Hold
11.3%
this month
state median 9.0% · above
86th pct of 8,218 IL locations
84th pct of 37 in Alton
Cycle rate
2.77×
this month
state median 2.89× · engagement
35th pct of 8,218 IL locations
24th pct of 37 in Alton
Play / machine
$3.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $43.6K/mo
1st pct of 8,218 IL locations
1st pct of 37 in Alton

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,075 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,718/mo vs the $2,068 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2023)

NTI this month
$1,747
Gaming tax
−$594
After tax
$1,153
Your take-home
$577
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$594 · 34%Operator's 50%$577 · 33%Yours, 50%$577 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $577 to you and $577 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 — 2nd percentile of 8,218 Illinois locations this month
In Alton — #34 of 37 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 4th percentile of 2,075
Your gameset — you among your Alton peers36 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Alton 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 Alton 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 $18,742
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Alton median ($18,742) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.77× · state median 2.89×
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 $11 · Alton median $102
your WPU (per machine, per day) Alton median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.3% · state median 9.0%
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 2023 down 37% on a year earlier
September 2022 – August 2023September 2021 – August 2022

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 −7% this year vs −1% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Alton's total gaming income is +4% 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)
$11/day
per machine · per day · Alton median $102/day · −89%
At the Alton median this gameset would add roughly $168,891 a year.
WPU momentum
−38%
last 3 months $9/day vs prior 3 $15/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($3,278 avg) · softest June ($809 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±69% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −23% down year over year.

Your Location
−23%
$21,817 vs $28,443 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $349 in August 2023 — the 2nd percentile of 8,218 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 Alton, that's #34 of 37 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 11.3% — above the 9.0% 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 2.77× 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 $594 in gaming tax, August 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $577 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −27% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2023 report detail
Amount played
$15,464
Amount won
$13,718
Net wager
$1,747
Funds in
$5,578
Funds out
$3,831
Net terminal income
$1,747
NTI tax
$594
State share
$507
Municipality share
$87

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