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Antioch · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 210703045 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · lower holdMomentum −15%YoY −15%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$27,240
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$151
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$392,064
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,540
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
53rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
#16 of 24 in Antioch
Hold
8.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
34th pct of 8,629 IL locations
25th pct of 24 in Antioch
Cycle rate
2.57×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
46th pct of 8,629 IL locations
54th pct of 24 in Antioch
Play / machine
$52.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
57th pct of 8,629 IL locations
44th pct of 24 in Antioch

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$449/mo vs the $4,988 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
$27,240
Gaming tax
−$9,534
After tax
$17,706
Your take-home
$8,853
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$9,534 · 35%Operator's 50%$8,853 · 33%Yours, 50%$8,853 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,853 to you and $8,853 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 — 53rd percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Antioch — #16 of 24 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 46th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Antioch peers23 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Antioch 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 Antioch 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 $41,797
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Antioch median ($34,314)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.57× · 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 $151 · Antioch median $191
your WPU (per machine, per day) Antioch median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 8.6% · 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 15% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026October 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.

Seasonality check: August → September moved −23% this year vs +9% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Antioch's total gaming income is +24% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −15% 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)
$151/day
per machine · per day · Antioch median $191/day · −21%
At the Antioch median this gameset would add roughly $84,887 a year.
WPU momentum
−21%
last 3 months $152/day vs prior 3 $194/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($30,202 avg) · softest September ($19,805 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±18% 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is +23% up year over year, outpacing the Lake County market (+3%).

Your Location
+23%
$392,064 vs $319,329 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Lake County)
+3%
typical Location: $38,941 vs $37,671

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,540 in September 2026 — the 53rd 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 Antioch, that's #16 of 24 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 8.6% — 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 2.57× 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 $9,534 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,853 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −15% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$316,983
Amount won
$289,743
Net wager
$27,240
Funds in
$123,526
Funds out
$96,286
Net terminal income
$27,240
NTI tax
$9,534
State share
$8,171
Municipality share
$1,363

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