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WESTERN AVENUE FOODS INC.

Chicago Heights · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 210700369
Efficient floorMomentum −27%YoY −76%

Your performance · May 2024

NTI
$2,231
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$14
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$84,909
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$446
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,066/mo
3rd pct of 8,423 IL floors
#16 of 16 in Chicago Heights
Hold
19.9%
this month
state median 9.1% · above
100th pct of 8,423 IL floors
100th pct of 16 in Chicago Heights
Cycle rate
2.17×
this month
state median 2.86× · engagement
1st pct of 8,423 IL floors
6th pct of 16 in Chicago Heights
Play / machine
$2.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.2K/mo
0th pct of 8,423 IL floors
6th pct of 16 in Chicago Heights

Against floors your size (4–5 terminals, 1,952 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,739/mo vs the $2,186 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (May 2024)

NTI this month
$2,231
Gaming tax
−$759
After tax
$1,473
Your take-home
$736
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $736 to you and $736 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 — 3rd percentile of 8,423 Illinois floors this month
In Chicago Heights — #16 of 16 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (4–5 terminals) — 6th percentile of 1,952
The Floor — you among your Chicago Heights peers15 peer floors
play per machine →
your floor a Chicago Heights peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each grey dot is another Chicago Heights 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 $30,569
2021
2022
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Chicago Heights median ($30,569)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.17× · state median 2.86×
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 $14 · Chicago Heights median $164
your WPU (per machine, per day) Chicago Heights median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 19.9% · state median 9.1%
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: April → May moved −58% this year vs +46% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Chicago Heights's total gaming income is −7% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is −76% 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)
$14/day
per machine · per day · Chicago Heights median $164/day · −91%
At the Chicago Heights median this floor would add roughly $278,913 a year.
WPU momentum
−13%
last 3 months $44/day vs prior 3 $51/day
Seasonality
February peak
strongest February ($10,559 avg) · softest September ($3,460 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is +3% up year over year.

Your Location
+3%
$84,909 vs $82,369 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $446 in May 2024 — the 3rd percentile of 8,423 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 Chicago Heights, that's #16 of 16 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 19.9% — above the 9.1% 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 2.17× 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 $759 in gaming tax, May 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $736 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
•Recent momentum is softening — −27% against your trailing average.
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Full May 2024 report detail
Amount played
$11,193
Amount won
$8,961
Net wager
$2,231
Funds in
$5,149
Funds out
$2,918
Net terminal income
$2,231
NTI tax
$759
State share
$647
Municipality share
$112

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

WESTERN AVENUE FOODS INC. — gaming performance, Chicago Heights, IL — The Gameset