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West Salem · Edwards County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 210700166 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum +2%YoY −29%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$7,498
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$42
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$114,950
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,250
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
13th pct of 8,629 IL locations
Hold
5.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
6th pct of 8,629 IL locations
Cycle rate
3.14×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
93rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
Play / machine
$22.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
24th pct of 8,629 IL locations

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,739/mo vs the $4,988 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month
$7,498
Gaming tax
−$2,624
After tax
$4,874
Your take-home
$2,437
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,624 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,437 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,437 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,437 to you and $2,437 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

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 gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 13th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 9th percentile of 6,823

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $15,497
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Edwards County median ($9,586)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.14× · state median 2.59×
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 $42 · Edwards County median $72
your WPU (per machine, per day) Edwards County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.6% · 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.

This year against last, by monthSeptember 2026 down 29% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026October 2024 – September 2025

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: August → September moved −41% this year vs +124% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

West Salem's total gaming income is +32% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −29% 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)
$42/day
per machine · per day · Edwards County median $72/day · −42%
At the Edwards County median this gameset would add roughly $65,723 a year.
WPU momentum
+13%
last 3 months $58/day vs prior 3 $52/day
Seasonality
October peak
strongest October ($9,328 avg) · softest May ($6,136 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±26% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC

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

Locations
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is +2% up year over year, outpacing the Edwards County market (−12%).

Your Location
+2%
$114,950 vs $112,820 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Edwards County)
−12%
typical Location: $11,705 vs $13,340

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,250 in September 2026 — the 13th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 5.6% — below the 9.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. 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 3.14× 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.
•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 $2,624 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,437 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$133,607
Amount won
$126,109
Net wager
$7,498
Funds in
$42,607
Funds out
$35,109
Net terminal income
$7,498
NTI tax
$2,624
State share
$2,249
Municipality share
$375

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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