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Mason City Market

Mason City · Mason County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 220703239 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of December 2025)
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Momentum −71%YoY −53%
Low-volume month. December 2025 had under $10K played — likely a partial month or a new license — so it's shown but left out of rankings.

Your performance · December 2025

NTI
$991
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$5
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$57,603
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$165
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,181/mo
Hold
16.4%
this month
state median 9.3% · above
Cycle rate
1.62×
this month
state median 2.70× · engagement
Play / machine
$1.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $46.0K/mo

Where the money goes (December 2025)

NTI this month
$991
Gaming tax
−$347
After tax
$644
Your take-home
$322
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$347 · 35%Operator's 50%$322 · 32%Yours, 50%$322 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $322 to you and $322 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

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $14,361
2023
2024
2025
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mason County median ($14,361) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.62× · state median 2.70×
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 $5 · Mason County median $77
your WPU (per machine, per day) Mason County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 16.4% · state median 9.3%
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 monthDecember 2025 down 53% on a year earlier
January 2025 – December 2025January 2024 – December 2024

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: November → December moved −74% this year vs −62% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Mason City's total gaming income is +18% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −53% 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)
$5/day
per machine · per day · Mason County median $77/day · −93%
At the Mason County median this gameset would add roughly $160,441 a year.
WPU momentum
−82%
last 3 months $7/day vs prior 3 $37/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($7,897 avg) · softest October ($2,473 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±68% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC

Linked to your Location as of December 2025 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
2,683
Avg NTI / Location
$28,493
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,962
Total NTI
$76,446,897

Year over year

Your NTI is −26% down year over year, trailing the Mason County market (−2%).

Your Location
−26%
$57,603 vs $77,670 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Mason County)
−2%
typical Location: $16,281 vs $16,568

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $165 in December 2025. 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 16.4% — above the 9.3% 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 1.62× 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.
•After $347 in gaming tax, December 2025's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $322 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −71% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2683 Locations in our data.
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Full December 2025 report detail
Amount played
$6,052
Amount won
$5,061
Net wager
$991
Funds in
$3,727
Funds out
$2,736
Net terminal income
$991
NTI tax
$347
State share
$297
Municipality share
$50

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