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Lefort Enterprises, Inc.

Ottawa · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 220701439
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Room to growMomentum −49%YoY −84%

Your performance · November 2024

NTI
$993
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$11
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$35,401
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$331
monthly · per terminal
state median $3,964/mo
2nd pct of 8,482 IL locations
#38 of 40 in Ottawa
Hold
3.8%
this month
state median 9.1% · below
2nd pct of 8,482 IL locations
8th pct of 40 in Ottawa
Cycle rate
2.71×
this month
state median 2.86× · engagement
32nd pct of 8,482 IL locations
35th pct of 40 in Ottawa
Play / machine
$8.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.0K/mo
6th pct of 8,482 IL locations
5th pct of 40 in Ottawa

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 306 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,080/mo vs the $1,411 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (November 2024)

NTI this month
$993
Gaming tax
−$347
After tax
$645
Your take-home
$323
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$347 · 35%Operator's 50%$323 · 33%Yours, 50%$323 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $323 to you and $323 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

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 2nd percentile of 8,482 Illinois locations this month
In Ottawa — #38 of 40 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 6th percentile of 306
Your gameset — you among your Ottawa peers39 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 $23,408
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Ottawa median ($23,408)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.71× · state median 2.86×
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 $11 · Ottawa median $141
your WPU (per machine, per day) Ottawa median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 3.8% · state median 9.1%
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 monthNovember 2024 down 84% on a year earlier
December 2023 – November 2024Dec 2022 – November 2023

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: October → November moved +36% this year vs +159% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Ottawa's total gaming income is +9% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −84% 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)
$11/day
per machine · per day · Ottawa median $141/day · −92%
At the Ottawa median this gameset would add roughly $140,137 a year.
WPU momentum
−25%
last 3 months $13/day vs prior 3 $18/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($6,398 avg) · softest October ($1,543 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±62% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −84% down year over year.

Your Location
−84%
$993 vs $6,099 (vs a year ago)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $331 in November 2024 — the 2nd percentile of 8,482 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 Ottawa, that's #38 of 40 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 3.8% — below the 9.1% 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 2.71× 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.
•Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
•After $347 in gaming tax, November 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $323 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −49% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full November 2024 report detail
Amount played
$25,887
Amount won
$24,894
Net wager
$993
Funds in
$9,551
Funds out
$8,558
Net terminal income
$993
NTI tax
$347
State share
$296
Municipality share
$51

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