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Willy's Pub & Grub, LLC

Vandalia · Fayette County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 210701966 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −42%YoY −46%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$2,417
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$13
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$119,056
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$403
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
2nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#18 of 18 in Vandalia
Hold
3.9%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
2nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
6th pct of 18 in Vandalia
Cycle rate
3.06×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
90th pct of 8,611 IL locations
89th pct of 18 in Vandalia
Play / machine
$10.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
7th pct of 8,611 IL locations
11th pct of 18 in Vandalia

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,707/mo vs the $5,109 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$2,417
Gaming tax
−$846
After tax
$1,571
Your take-home
$786
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$846 · 35%Operator's 50%$786 · 32%Yours, 50%$786 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $786 to you and $786 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 — 2nd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Vandalia — #18 of 18 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 1st percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Vandalia peers17 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Vandalia peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Vandalia 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 $25,664
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Vandalia median ($25,664)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.06× · state median 2.60×
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 $13 · Vandalia median $138
your WPU (per machine, per day) Vandalia median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 3.9% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 46% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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: July → August moved −66% this year vs +18% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Vandalia's total gaming income is +13% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −46% 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)
$13/day
per machine · per day · Vandalia median $138/day · −91%
At the Vandalia median this gameset would add roughly $278,966 a year.
WPU momentum
−25%
last 3 months $33/day vs prior 3 $43/day
Seasonality
November peak
strongest November ($17,035 avg) · softest July ($5,151 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±46% 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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is +23% up year over year, outpacing the Fayette County market (+8%).

Your Location
+23%
$119,056 vs $96,614 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Fayette County)
+8%
typical Location: $28,457 vs $26,252

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $403 in August 2026 — the 2nd percentile of 8,611 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 Vandalia, that's #18 of 18 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 3.9% — 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 3.06× 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 $846 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $786 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −42% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$61,340
Amount won
$58,923
Net wager
$2,417
Funds in
$20,041
Funds out
$17,624
Net terminal income
$2,417
NTI tax
$846
State share
$725
Municipality share
$121

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