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Red Crab Joliet LLC

Joliet · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 210701813
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −43%YoY −74%

Your performance · January 2024

NTI
$1,081
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$7
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$51,122
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$216
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,577/mo
1st pct of 8,158 IL locations
#87 of 87 in Joliet
Hold
10.2%
this month
state median 9.0% · above
71st pct of 8,158 IL locations
78th pct of 87 in Joliet
Cycle rate
2.84×
this month
state median 2.88× · engagement
44th pct of 8,158 IL locations
40th pct of 87 in Joliet
Play / machine
$2.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $40.5K/mo
0th pct of 8,158 IL locations
1st pct of 87 in Joliet

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,950 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,722/mo vs the $1,938 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (January 2024)

NTI this month
$1,081
Gaming tax
−$367
After tax
$713
Your take-home
$357
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$367 · 34%Operator's 50%$357 · 33%Yours, 50%$357 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $357 to you and $357 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 — 1st percentile of 8,158 Illinois locations this month
In Joliet — #87 of 87 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 2nd percentile of 1,950
Your gameset — you among your Joliet peers86 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Joliet peer (anonymized) statewide median

4 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Joliet 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 $22,289
2022
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Joliet median ($22,289) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.84× · state median 2.88×
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 $7 · Joliet median $127
your WPU (per machine, per day) Joliet median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.2% · state median 9.0%
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 monthJanuary 2024 down 74% on a year earlier
February 2023 – January 2024Feb 2022 – January 2023

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: December → January moved −75% this year vs +34% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Joliet's total gaming income is +8% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −74% 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)
$7/day
per machine · per day · Joliet median $127/day · −95%
At the Joliet median this gameset would add roughly $222,775 a year.
WPU momentum
−43%
last 3 months $18/day vs prior 3 $32/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($6,117 avg) · softest June ($2,469 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±31% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −74% down year over year.

Your Location
−74%
$1,081 vs $4,080 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $216 in January 2024 — the 1st percentile of 8,158 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 Joliet, that's #87 of 87 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 10.2% — above the 9.0% 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 2.84× 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 $367 in gaming tax, January 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $357 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −43% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full January 2024 report detail
Amount played
$10,602
Amount won
$9,521
Net wager
$1,081
Funds in
$3,738
Funds out
$2,657
Net terminal income
$1,081
NTI tax
$367
State share
$313
Municipality share
$54

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