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The Liquor Hut LLC

Hamilton County · Hamilton County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 220703113 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum +18%YoY +43%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$39,931
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$222
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$406,896
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$6,655
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
70th pct of 8,629 IL locations
Hold
10.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
68th pct of 8,629 IL locations
Cycle rate
3.15×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
93rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
Play / machine
$64.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
65th pct of 8,629 IL locations

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is +$1,667/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
$39,931
Gaming tax
−$13,976
After tax
$25,955
Your take-home
$12,977
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$13,976 · 35%Operator's 50%$12,977 · 32%Yours, 50%$12,977 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,977 to you and $12,977 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 — 70th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 64th percentile of 6,823

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $43,685
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Hamilton County median ($16,758)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.15× · 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 $222 · Hamilton County median $93
your WPU (per machine, per day) Hamilton County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.4% · 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 43% 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 −9% this year vs +36% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Hamilton County's total gaming income is +64% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +43% 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)
$222/day
per machine · per day · Hamilton County median $93/day · +138%
WPU momentum
+19%
last 3 months $219/day vs prior 3 $184/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($36,834 avg) · softest March ($23,407 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±15% 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
2,679
Avg NTI / Location
$28,734
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,975
Total NTI
$76,978,768

Year over year

Your NTI is +23% up year over year, outpacing the Hamilton County market (−10%).

Your Location
+23%
$406,896 vs $329,910 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Hamilton County)
−10%
typical Location: $23,834 vs $26,368

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $6,655 in September 2026 — the 70th 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.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 10.4% — 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 3.15× 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 $13,976 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,977 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +18% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
You're ahead of your market.

A gameset doing these numbers is the one Operators compete hardest for — and most owners never find out what that competition is worth, because they never put it out to bid.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$384,158
Amount won
$344,228
Net wager
$39,931
Funds in
$121,959
Funds out
$82,028
Net terminal income
$39,931
NTI tax
$13,976
State share
$11,977
Municipality share
$1,999

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