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South Beloit · Winnebago County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 220700175 · Operator: Lucky Street Gaming LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum +3%YoY +31%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$36,719
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$197
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$369,664
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$6,120
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
65th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#14 of 24 in South Beloit
Hold
10.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
66th pct of 8,611 IL locations
67th pct of 24 in South Beloit
Cycle rate
2.27×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
13th pct of 8,611 IL locations
17th pct of 24 in South Beloit
Play / machine
$60.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
61st pct of 8,611 IL locations
38th pct of 24 in South Beloit

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is +$1,010/mo vs the $5,109 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$36,719
Gaming tax
−$12,852
After tax
$23,868
Your take-home
$11,934
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$12,852 · 35%Operator's 50%$11,934 · 32%Yours, 50%$11,934 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $11,934 to you and $11,934 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 · high hold

Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.

What an operator sees: An operator reads this as a proven, high-value gameset and will compete hard on service to win it.

NTI/machine — 65th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In South Beloit — #14 of 24 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 59th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your South Beloit peers23 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a South Beloit 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 South Beloit 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 $42,275
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior South Beloit median ($36,750)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.27× · 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 $197 · South Beloit median $198
your WPU (per machine, per day) South Beloit median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.2% · 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 up 31% 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 +22% this year vs +10% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

South Beloit's total gaming income is +10% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +31% over the same-month-last-year comparison — holding up as well as or better than the town around you.

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)
$197/day
per machine · per day · South Beloit median $198/day · −0%
At the South Beloit median this gameset would add roughly $371 a year.
WPU momentum
−16%
last 3 months $168/day vs prior 3 $200/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($25,227 avg) · softest January ($18,407 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±20% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Lucky Street 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
60
Avg NTI / Location
$60,811
Avg NTI / Terminal
$9,477
Total NTI
$3,648,664

Year over year

Your NTI is +36% up year over year, outpacing the Winnebago County market (+3%).

Your Location
+36%
$369,664 vs $272,767 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Winnebago County)
+3%
typical Location: $37,367 vs $36,341

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $6,120 in August 2026 — the 65th percentile of 8,611 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 South Beloit, that's #14 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 10.2% — 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 2.27× 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 · high hold — Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.
•After $12,852 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $11,934 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +3% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Street Gaming LLC runs 60 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$360,645
Amount won
$323,926
Net wager
$36,719
Funds in
$158,931
Funds out
$122,212
Net terminal income
$36,719
NTI tax
$12,852
State share
$11,014
Municipality share
$1,838

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