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Chill'Axe Aurora LLC

Aurora · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 200700507
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Efficient gameset

Your performance · September 2021

NTI
$1,470
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$10
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$17,639
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$294
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,728/mo
2nd pct of 7,559 IL locations
#35 of 35 in Aurora
Hold
11.9%
this month
state median 8.4% · above
94th pct of 7,559 IL locations
94th pct of 35 in Aurora
Cycle rate
2.03×
this month
state median 3.04× · engagement
0th pct of 7,559 IL locations
1st pct of 35 in Aurora
Play / machine
$2.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.3K/mo
0th pct of 7,559 IL locations
3rd pct of 35 in Aurora

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 2,575 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,000/mo vs the $2,294 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2021)

NTI this month
$1,470
Gaming tax
−$500
After tax
$970
Your take-home
$485
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$500 · 34%Operator's 50%$485 · 33%Yours, 50%$485 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $485 to you and $485 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 7,559 Illinois locations this month
In Aurora — #35 of 35 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 3rd percentile of 2,575
Your gameset — you among your Aurora peers34 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Aurora 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 Aurora 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 $23,545
2021
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Aurora median ($23,545) shown, left out of rankings

2 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.03× · state median 3.04×
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 $10 · Aurora median $157
your WPU (per machine, per day) Aurora median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.9% · state median 8.4%
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.

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)
$10/day
per machine · per day · Aurora median $157/day · −94%
At the Aurora median this gameset would add roughly $264,902 a year.

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $294 in September 2021 — the 2nd percentile of 7,559 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 Aurora, that's #35 of 35 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 11.9% — above the 8.4% 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 2.03× 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 $500 in gaming tax, September 2021's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $485 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2021 report detail
Amount played
$12,394
Amount won
$10,924
Net wager
$1,470
Funds in
$6,096
Funds out
$4,626
Net terminal income
$1,470
NTI tax
$500
State share
$426
Municipality share
$74

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