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J & L Bestways, Inc.

Harrisburg · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 210702773
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High play · lower holdMomentum −30%YoY −70%

Your performance · December 2025

NTI
$17,142
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$92
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$524,523
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,857
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,181/mo
35th pct of 8,506 IL locations
#14 of 20 in Harrisburg
Hold
4.8%
this month
state median 9.3% · below
4th pct of 8,506 IL locations
0th pct of 20 in Harrisburg
Cycle rate
2.85×
this month
state median 2.70× · engagement
68th pct of 8,506 IL locations
23rd pct of 20 in Harrisburg
Play / machine
$59.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $46.0K/mo
61st pct of 8,506 IL locations
75th pct of 20 in Harrisburg

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,602 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,177/mo vs the $5,034 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (December 2025)

NTI this month
$17,142
Gaming tax
−$6,000
After tax
$11,142
Your take-home
$5,571
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$6,000 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,571 · 33%Yours, 50%$5,571 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,571 to you and $5,571 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

High play · lower hold

Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

What an operator sees: An operator sees busy machines with margin headroom — a gameset where better titles and merchandising pay off.

NTI/machine — 35th percentile of 8,506 Illinois locations this month
In Harrisburg — #14 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 27th percentile of 6,602
Your gameset — you among your Harrisburg peers19 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Harrisburg peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Harrisburg 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 $72,452
2022
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Harrisburg median ($20,124)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.85× · state median 2.70×
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 $92 · Harrisburg median $110
your WPU (per machine, per day) Harrisburg median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 4.8% · state median 9.3%
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 monthDecember 2025 down 70% on a year earlier
January 2025 – December 2025January 2024 – December 2024

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: November → December moved −50% this year vs +17% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Harrisburg's total gaming income is +6% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −70% 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)
$92/day
per machine · per day · Harrisburg median $110/day · −16%
At the Harrisburg median this gameset would add roughly $39,434 a year.
WPU momentum
−26%
last 3 months $173/day vs prior 3 $235/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($62,137 avg) · softest June ($38,735 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±29% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −17% down year over year.

Your Location
−17%
$524,523 vs $633,582 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,857 in December 2025 — the 35th percentile of 8,506 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 Harrisburg, that's #14 of 20 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 4.8% — below the 9.3% 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 2.85× 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.
•High play · lower hold — Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.
•After $6,000 in gaming tax, December 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,571 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −30% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full December 2025 report detail
Amount played
$355,665
Amount won
$338,523
Net wager
$17,142
Funds in
$124,829
Funds out
$107,687
Net terminal income
$17,142
NTI tax
$6,000
State share
$5,142
Municipality share
$858

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