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Monkeyshine Inc.

Central City · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 210702687
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Room to growMomentum −39%YoY −31%

Your performance · September 2023

NTI
$1,450
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$8
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$32,584
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$242
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,822/mo
1st pct of 8,250 IL locations
#8 of 9 in Central City
Hold
7.7%
this month
state median 9.0% · below
28th pct of 8,250 IL locations
44th pct of 9 in Central City
Cycle rate
2.65×
this month
state median 2.89× · engagement
21st pct of 8,250 IL locations
22nd pct of 9 in Central City
Play / machine
$3.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $43.0K/mo
0th pct of 8,250 IL locations
22nd pct of 9 in Central City

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 5,811 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,577/mo vs the $4,819 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2023)

NTI this month
$1,450
Gaming tax
−$493
After tax
$957
Your take-home
$478
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$493 · 34%Operator's 50%$478 · 33%Yours, 50%$478 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $478 to you and $478 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 — 1st percentile of 8,250 Illinois locations this month
In Central City — #8 of 9 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 0th percentile of 5,811
Your gameset — you among your Central City peers8 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Central City peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Central City 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 $6,411
2021
2022
2023
latest month up vs prior down vs prior shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.65× · state median 2.89×
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 $8
your WPU (per machine, per day)
Hold % by monthlatest 7.7% · 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 monthSeptember 2023 down 31% on a year earlier
October 2022 – September 2023Oct 2021 – September 2022

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 −15% this year vs −54% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is −31% 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)
$8/day
per machine · per day · daily win rate per machine
WPU momentum
−44%
last 3 months $11/day vs prior 3 $20/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($6,152 avg) · softest December ($1,153 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±53% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −31% down year over year.

Your Location
−31%
$1,450 vs $2,106 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $242 in September 2023 — the 1st percentile of 8,250 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 Central City, that's #8 of 9 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 7.7% — below the 9.0% 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 2.65× 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 $493 in gaming tax, September 2023's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $478 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −39% against your trailing average.
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Full September 2023 report detail
Amount played
$18,720
Amount won
$17,270
Net wager
$1,450
Funds in
$7,057
Funds out
$5,607
Net terminal income
$1,450
NTI tax
$493
State share
$420
Municipality share
$72

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