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Melrose Park · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 200700543 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of October 2025)
Efficient floorMomentum −43%YoY −56%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · October 2025

NTI
$7,535
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$41
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$236,589
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,256
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,237/mo
13th pct of 8,610 IL floors
#37 of 40 in Melrose Park
Hold
10.6%
this month
state median 9.3% · above
74th pct of 8,610 IL floors
73rd pct of 40 in Melrose Park
Cycle rate
2.58×
this month
state median 2.72× · engagement
31st pct of 8,610 IL floors
53rd pct of 40 in Melrose Park
Play / machine
$11.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.8K/mo
9th pct of 8,610 IL floors
6th pct of 40 in Melrose Park

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,599 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,810/mo vs the $5,066 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (October 2025)

NTI this month
$7,535
Gaming tax
−$2,637
After tax
$4,898
Your take-home
$2,449
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,449 to you and $2,449 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 — 13th percentile of 8,610 Illinois floors this month
In Melrose Park — #37 of 40 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 7th percentile of 6,599
The Floor — you among your Melrose Park peers39 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a Melrose Park peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer floor sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each grey dot is another Melrose Park 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 $32,905
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Melrose Park median ($23,447)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.58× · state median 2.72×
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 $41 · Melrose Park median $126
your WPU (per machine, per day) Melrose Park median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.6% · state median 9.3%
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: September → October moved −49% this year vs −17% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own floor is −56% 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)
$41/day
per machine · per day · Melrose Park median $126/day · −68%
At the Melrose Park median this floor would add roughly $190,943 a year.
WPU momentum
−42%
last 3 months $73/day vs prior 3 $125/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($22,868 avg) · softest October ($14,684 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±36% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC

Linked to your Location as of October 2025 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
2,617
Avg NTI / Location
$29,150
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,074
Total NTI
$76,284,871

Year over year

Your NTI is +3% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+1%).

Your Location
+3%
$236,589 vs $230,815 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+1%
typical Location: $40,774 vs $40,331

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,256 in October 2025 — the 13th percentile of 8,610 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 Melrose Park, that's #37 of 40 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 10.6% — above the 9.3% 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 2.58× 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 $2,637 in gaming tax, October 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,449 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
•Heads-up: NTI has slipped three months running. Worth a look — it can be seasonal (check the year-ago comparison), or a sign the floor is due for fresher titles or better service.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2617 Locations in our data.
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Full October 2025 report detail
Amount played
$71,035
Amount won
$63,500
Net wager
$7,535
Funds in
$27,540
Funds out
$20,005
Net terminal income
$7,535
NTI tax
$2,637
State share
$2,260
Municipality share
$377

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

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