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Macomb · McDonough County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 230700048 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)

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Room to growMomentum −1%YoY +28%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI

$2,508

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$14

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annual NTI

$32,063

trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$418

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,170/mo

2nd pct of 8,629 IL locations

#21 of 20 in Macomb

Hold

7.1%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

15th pct of 8,629 IL locations

25th pct of 20 in Macomb

Cycle rate

1.98×

this month

state median 2.59× · engagement

2nd pct of 8,629 IL locations

3rd pct of 20 in Macomb

Play / machine

$5.9K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.5K/mo

3rd pct of 8,629 IL locations

5th pct of 20 in Macomb

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,571/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

$2,508

Gaming tax

−$878

After tax

$1,630

Your take-home

$815

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$878 · 35%Operator's 50%$815 · 33%Yours, 50%$815 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $815 to you and $815 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 8,629 Illinois locations this month

In Macomb — #21 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 2nd percentile of 6,823

Your gameset — you among your Macomb peers19 peer locations

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your gameset a Macomb peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Macomb 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 $16,905

2023

2024

2025

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Macomb median ($16,905) shown, left out of rankings

Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.98× · 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 $14 · Macomb median $94

your WPU (per machine, per day) Macomb median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 7.1% · 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 28% 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 −23% this year vs −29% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Macomb's total gaming income is +15% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +28% 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)

$14/day

per machine · per day · Macomb median $94/day · −85%

At the Macomb median this gameset would add roughly $172,770 a year.

WPU momentum

−28%

last 3 months $18/day vs prior 3 $24/day

Seasonality

October peak

strongest October ($6,456 avg) · softest January ($1,342 avg)

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±106% 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 −26% down year over year, trailing the McDonough County market (−0%).

Your Location

−26%

$32,063 vs $43,533 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)

The market (McDonough County)

−0%

typical Location: $15,170 vs $15,210

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $418 in September 2026 — the 2nd 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 Macomb, that's #21 of 20 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 7.1% — below the 9.4% 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 1.98× 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 $878 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $815 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.

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Full September 2026 report detail

Amount played

$35,148

Amount won

$32,640

Net wager

$2,508

Funds in

$17,727

Funds out

$15,219

Net terminal income

$2,508

NTI tax

$878

State share

$752

Municipality share

$126

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