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Blue Island · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 220701831 · Operator: Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +14%YoY +49%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$10,655
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$59
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$117,395
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,776
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
20th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#24 of 33 in Blue Island
Hold
11.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
86th pct of 8,629 IL locations
94th pct of 33 in Blue Island
Cycle rate
2.25×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
12th pct of 8,629 IL locations
9th pct of 33 in Blue Island
Play / machine
$15.1K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
14th pct of 8,629 IL locations
24th pct of 33 in Blue Island

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,213/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
$10,655
Gaming tax
−$3,729
After tax
$6,926
Your take-home
$3,463
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,729 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,463 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,463 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,463 to you and $3,463 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 — 20th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Blue Island — #24 of 33 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 14th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Blue Island peers32 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Blue Island 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 Blue Island 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 $16,899
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Blue Island median ($15,781) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.25× · 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 $59 · Blue Island median $89
your WPU (per machine, per day) Blue Island median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.8% · 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 up 49% 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 +43% this year vs −25% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Blue Island's total gaming income is +7% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +49% 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)
$59/day
per machine · per day · Blue Island median $89/day · −34%
At the Blue Island median this gameset would add roughly $65,262 a year.
WPU momentum
+12%
last 3 months $54/day vs prior 3 $48/day
Seasonality
November peak
strongest November ($12,434 avg) · softest May ($4,478 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±45% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Lucky Lincoln 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
246
Avg NTI / Location
$38,271
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,542
Total NTI
$9,414,626

Year over year

Your NTI is +19% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
+19%
$117,395 vs $98,788 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,751 vs $40,728

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,776 in September 2026 — the 20th 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 Blue Island, that's #24 of 33 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 11.8% — 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 2.25× 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 $3,729 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,463 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +14% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC runs 246 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$90,434
Amount won
$79,779
Net wager
$10,655
Funds in
$40,234
Funds out
$29,579
Net terminal income
$10,655
NTI tax
$3,729
State share
$3,196
Municipality share
$533

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