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Menard County American Legion Post #129

Athens · Menard County · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 210900113 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Momentum −27%YoY −83%
Low-volume month. August 2026 had under $10K played — likely a partial month or a new license — so it's shown but left out of rankings.

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$324
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$3
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$12,860
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$108
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
Hold
3.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
Cycle rate
2.20×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
Play / machine
$2.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$324
Gaming tax
−$113
After tax
$210
Your take-home
$105
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$113 · 35%Operator's 50%$105 · 32%Yours, 50%$105 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $105 to you and $105 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

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $32,257
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Menard County median ($32,257) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.20× · state median 2.60×
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 $3 · Menard County median $173
your WPU (per machine, per day) Menard County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 3.8% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 83% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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: July → August moved −53% this year vs +6% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Athens's total gaming income is +16% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −83% 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)
$3/day
per machine · per day · Menard County median $173/day · −98%
At the Menard County median this gameset would add roughly $189,660 a year.
WPU momentum
+11%
last 3 months $14/day vs prior 3 $13/day
Seasonality
October peak
strongest October ($2,486 avg) · softest May ($674 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±107% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,677
Avg NTI / Location
$29,789
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,160
Total NTI
$79,746,194

Year over year

Your NTI is −61% down year over year, trailing the Menard County market (+8%).

Your Location
−61%
$12,860 vs $33,344 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Menard County)
+8%
typical Location: $25,774 vs $23,895

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $108 in August 2026. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 3.8% — 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 2.20× 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.
•After $113 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $105 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −27% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2677 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$8,576
Amount won
$8,253
Net wager
$324
Funds in
$3,902
Funds out
$3,579
Net terminal income
$324
NTI tax
$113
State share
$97
Municipality share
$16

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