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Oak Forest · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 210703601 · Operator: Lucky Day LLC (as of August 2026)
Efficient gamesetMomentum −36%YoY −0%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$9,045
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$50
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$134,189
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,508
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
17th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#18 of 20 in Oak Forest
Hold
13.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
96th pct of 8,629 IL locations
95th pct of 20 in Oak Forest
Cycle rate
2.06×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
4th pct of 8,629 IL locations
0th pct of 20 in Oak Forest
Play / machine
$10.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
8th pct of 8,629 IL locations
3rd pct of 20 in Oak Forest

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,481/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
$9,045
Gaming tax
−$3,166
After tax
$5,879
Your take-home
$2,940
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,166 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,940 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,940 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,940 to you and $2,940 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 — 17th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Oak Forest — #18 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 11th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Oak Forest peers19 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Oak Forest 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 Oak Forest 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 $47,299
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Oak Forest median ($47,299)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.06× · 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 $50 · Oak Forest median $263
your WPU (per machine, per day) Oak Forest median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 13.8% · 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 0% 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 +58% this year vs +40% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Oak Forest's total gaming income is +0% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −0% 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)
$50/day
per machine · per day · Oak Forest median $263/day · −81%
At the Oak Forest median this gameset would add roughly $459,050 a year.
WPU momentum
−49%
last 3 months $35/day vs prior 3 $70/day
Seasonality
June peak
strongest June ($9,134 avg) · softest March ($4,158 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±36% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Lucky Day 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
34
Avg NTI / Location
$59,127
Avg NTI / Terminal
$10,052
Total NTI
$2,010,323

Year over year

Your NTI is +44% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
+44%
$134,189 vs $93,490 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,751 vs $40,728

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,508 in September 2026 — the 17th 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 Oak Forest, that's #18 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 13.8% — 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 2.06× 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.
•Efficient gameset — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $3,166 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,940 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −36% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Day LLC runs 34 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$65,609
Amount won
$56,564
Net wager
$9,045
Funds in
$31,909
Funds out
$22,863
Net terminal income
$9,045
NTI tax
$3,166
State share
$2,713
Municipality share
$453

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