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Speedy Taco

North Chicago · Lake County · IL · 4 terminals
IGB license 220700357 · Operator: Illinois Gaming Investors LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −29%YoY +81%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$5,839
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$47
per machine · per day
Terminals
4
machines in service
Annual NTI
$88,738
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,460
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
15th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#26 of 29 in North Chicago
Hold
18.9%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
100th pct of 8,611 IL locations
97th pct of 29 in North Chicago
Cycle rate
1.96×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
2nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
12th pct of 29 in North Chicago
Play / machine
$7.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
4th pct of 8,611 IL locations
2nd pct of 29 in North Chicago

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is −$780/mo vs the $2,240 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
$5,839
Gaming tax
−$2,044
After tax
$3,795
Your take-home
$1,898
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,044 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,898 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,898 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,898 to you and $1,898 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 — 15th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In North Chicago — #26 of 29 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 32nd percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your North Chicago peers28 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a North Chicago peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another North Chicago 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 $31,004
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior North Chicago median ($31,004) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.96× · 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 $47 · North Chicago median $167
your WPU (per machine, per day) North Chicago median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 18.9% · 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 81% 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 +46% this year vs −10% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +81% 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)
$47/day
per machine · per day · North Chicago median $167/day · −72%
At the North Chicago median this gameset would add roughly $177,966 a year.
WPU momentum
−35%
last 3 months $48/day vs prior 3 $74/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($10,341 avg) · softest August ($3,896 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±26% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Illinois Gaming Investors 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
398
Avg NTI / Location
$29,149
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,158
Total NTI
$11,601,356

Year over year

Your NTI is +53% up year over year, outpacing the Lake County market (+3%).

Your Location
+53%
$88,738 vs $58,005 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Lake County)
+3%
typical Location: $38,736 vs $37,626

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,460 in August 2026 — the 15th 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 North Chicago, that's #26 of 29 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 18.9% — 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 1.96× 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 $2,044 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,898 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −29% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Illinois Gaming Investors LLC runs 398 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$30,857
Amount won
$25,018
Net wager
$5,839
Funds in
$15,746
Funds out
$9,906
Net terminal income
$5,839
NTI tax
$2,044
State share
$1,751
Municipality share
$292

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