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Lake County · Lake County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 210703023 · Operator: Arktyk Gaming Solutions LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −43%YoY −56%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$3,130
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$21
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$42,820
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$626
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
5th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#69 of 69 in Lake County
Hold
9.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
50th pct of 8,629 IL locations
52nd pct of 69 in Lake County
Cycle rate
2.25×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
12th pct of 8,629 IL locations
19th pct of 69 in Lake County
Play / machine
$6.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
4th pct of 8,629 IL locations
1st pct of 69 in Lake County

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,546 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,553/mo vs the $2,179 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month
$3,130
Gaming tax
−$1,095
After tax
$2,034
Your take-home
$1,017
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,095 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,017 · 33%Yours, 50%$1,017 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,017 to you and $1,017 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 — 5th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Lake County — #69 of 69 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 11th percentile of 1,546
Your gameset — you among your Lake County peers68 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Lake County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Lake County 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 $22,613
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lake County median ($22,613) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.25× · state median 2.59×
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 $21 · Lake County median $126
your WPU (per machine, per day) Lake County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.4% · 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 monthSeptember 2026 down 9% on a year earlier
September 2025 – September 2026September 2024 – September 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.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is −56% 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)
$21/day
per machine · per day · Lake County median $126/day · −84%
At the Lake County median this gameset would add roughly $190,032 a year.
WPU momentum
−60%
last 3 months $18/day vs prior 3 $46/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($4,664 avg) · softest March ($2,470 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±56% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
4 → 5 terminals
over the last 12 months

Your operator

Arktyk Gaming Solutions 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
13
Avg NTI / Location
$32,659
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,661
Total NTI
$424,568

Year over year

Your NTI is −12% down year over year, trailing the Lake County market (+3%).

Your Location
−12%
$42,820 vs $48,741 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Lake County)
+3%
typical Location: $38,941 vs $37,671

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $626 in September 2026 — the 5th percentile of 8,629 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 Lake County, that's #69 of 69 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 9.4% — above the 9.4% 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 2.25× 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 $1,095 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,017 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.
•Terminal Operator Arktyk Gaming Solutions LLC runs 13 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$33,118
Amount won
$29,988
Net wager
$3,130
Funds in
$14,743
Funds out
$11,614
Net terminal income
$3,130
NTI tax
$1,095
State share
$939
Municipality share
$157

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