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Backalley Saloon

Arcola · Douglas County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 200702298 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of June 2026)
Room to growMomentum −14%YoY +4%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · June 2026

NTI
$15,126
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$84
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$237,411
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,521
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,132/mo
31st pct of 8,597 IL floors
#20 of 34 in Douglas County
Hold
6.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
9th pct of 8,597 IL floors
12th pct of 34 in Douglas County
Cycle rate
2.56×
this month
state median 2.61× · engagement
45th pct of 8,597 IL floors
56th pct of 34 in Douglas County
Play / machine
$40.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.2K/mo
46th pct of 8,597 IL floors
60th pct of 34 in Douglas County

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,745 of them), your NTI/machine is $2,434/mo vs the $4,955 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (June 2026)

NTI this month
$15,126
Gaming tax
$5,294
After tax
$9,832
Your take-home
$4,916
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,916 to you and $4,916 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

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a floor where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 31st percentile of 8,597 Illinois floors this month
In Douglas County — #20 of 34 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 24th percentile of 6,745
The Floor — you among your Douglas County peers33 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a Douglas County 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 Douglas County 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 $39,977
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Douglas County median ($15,444)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.56× · state median 2.61×
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 $84 · Douglas County median $91
your WPU (per machine, per day) Douglas County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 6.2% · state median 9.4%
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.

Seasonality check: May June moved −20% this year vs −14% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Arcola's total gaming income is +17% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is +4% 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)
$84/day
per machine · per day · Douglas County median $91/day · −7%
At the Douglas County median this floor would add roughly $14,275 a year.
WPU momentum
−15%
last 3 months $98/day vs prior 3 $115/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($27,263 avg) · softest September ($12,938 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±20% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC

Linked to your Location as of June 2026 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
2,544
Avg NTI / Location
$32,056
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,603
Total NTI
$81,550,752

Year over year

Your NTI is +28% up year over year, outpacing the Douglas County market (+8%).

Your Location
+28%
$237,411 vs $184,790 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Douglas County)
+8%
typical Location: $22,285 vs $20,711

Takeaways

Each terminal earned about $2,521 in June 2026 — the 31st percentile of 8,597 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 Douglas County, that's #20 of 34 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 6.2% — below the 9.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. 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 2.56× 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.
Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
After $5,294 in gaming tax, June 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,916 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 J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2544 Locations in our data.
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Full June 2026 report detail
Amount played
$243,774
Amount won
$228,648
Net wager
$15,126
Funds in
$95,058
Funds out
$79,933
Net terminal income
$15,126
NTI tax
$5,294
State share
$4,537
Municipality share
$757

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