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CJS GAMING BAR, LLC

DeKalb · DeKalb County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 220703959 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +51%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$19,548
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$105
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$234,581
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,258
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
39th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#17 of 22 in DeKalb
Hold
10.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
67th pct of 8,611 IL locations
59th pct of 22 in DeKalb
Cycle rate
2.52×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
39th pct of 8,611 IL locations
27th pct of 22 in DeKalb
Play / machine
$31.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
34th pct of 8,611 IL locations
23rd pct of 22 in DeKalb

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,851/mo vs the $5,109 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
$19,548
Gaming tax
−$6,842
After tax
$12,706
Your take-home
$6,353
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$6,842 · 35%Operator's 50%$6,353 · 32%Yours, 50%$6,353 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,353 to you and $6,353 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 — 39th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In DeKalb — #17 of 22 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 31st percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your DeKalb peers21 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 $33,954
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior DeKalb median ($33,954) shown, left out of rankings

5 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.52× · 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 $105 · DeKalb median $183
your WPU (per machine, per day) DeKalb median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.3% · 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.

Your town's market

DeKalb's total gaming income is +19% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

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)
$105/day
per machine · per day · DeKalb median $183/day · −42%
At the DeKalb median this gameset would add roughly $172,866 a year.

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

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
729
Avg NTI / Location
$37,312
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,498
Total NTI
$27,200,241

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,258 in August 2026 — the 39th 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 DeKalb, that's #17 of 22 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 10.3% — 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 2.52× 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 $6,842 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,353 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +51% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 729 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$190,088
Amount won
$170,539
Net wager
$19,548
Funds in
$75,550
Funds out
$56,001
Net terminal income
$19,548
NTI tax
$6,842
State share
$5,864
Municipality share
$978

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