CHUCKWAGON SALOON INC.

Sterling · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 200700289

Efficient floorMomentum −38%YoY −72%

Your performance · September 2023

NTI

$5,567

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$31

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annual NTI

$157,962

trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$928

monthly · per terminal

state median $3,822/mo

9th pct of 8,250 IL floors

#28 of 31 in Sterling

Hold

9.5%

this month

state median 9.0% · above

59th pct of 8,250 IL floors

58th pct of 31 in Sterling

Cycle rate

2.20×

this month

state median 2.89× · engagement

1st pct of 8,250 IL floors

6th pct of 31 in Sterling

Play / machine

$9.8K

monthly · per terminal

state median $43.0K/mo

7th pct of 8,250 IL floors

10th pct of 31 in Sterling

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 5,811 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,891/mo vs the $4,819 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2023)

NTI this month

$5,567

Gaming tax

−$1,893

After tax

$3,674

Your take-home

$1,837

your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,837 to you and $1,837 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: since the money is set by statute, operators compete for your floor on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time — not on dollars.

Where your floor stands

Efficient floor

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 floor — attractive, with upside if foot traffic can be grown.

NTI/machine — 9th percentile of 8,250 Illinois floors this month

In Sterling — #28 of 31 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 5th percentile of 5,811

The Floor — you among your Sterling peers30 peer floors

play per machine →

your floor a Sterling peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each grey dot is another Sterling floor 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 $27,166

2021

2022

2023

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Sterling median ($17,175)

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.20× · 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 floor health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $31 · Sterling median $95

your WPU (per machine, per day) Sterling median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 9.5% · 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.

Seasonality check: August → September moved −57% this year vs −28% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Sterling's total gaming income is +1% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is −72% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your floor.

A deeper operator read

The same history, cut the way a Terminal Operator cuts it when they decide how hard to compete for your floor.

Win per unit (WPU)

$31/day

per machine · per day · Sterling median $95/day · −68%

At the Sterling median this floor would add roughly $139,304 a year.

WPU momentum

−45%

last 3 months $45/day vs prior 3 $82/day

Seasonality

August peak

strongest August ($22,396 avg) · softest January ($11,783 avg)

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±33% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −37% down year over year.

Your Location

−37%

$157,962 vs $252,456 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)

The market

Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $928 in September 2023 — the 9th percentile of 8,250 Illinois floors that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a floor on, because it strips out how many machines you run.

•Within Sterling, that's #28 of 31 floors 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 floor keeps — was 9.5% — above the 9.0% state median. Hold is driven mostly by the games on the floor, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.

•A dollar cycled through your machines 2.20× 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 floor health for both sides.

•Efficient floor — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.

•After $1,893 in gaming tax, September 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,837 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.

•Recent momentum is softening — −38% against your trailing average.

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Full September 2023 report detail

Amount played

$58,736

Amount won

$53,169

Net wager

$5,567

Funds in

$26,719

Funds out

$21,152

Net terminal income

$5,567

NTI tax

$1,893

State share

$1,614

Municipality share

$278

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