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Richmond · McHenry County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 230700239 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of June 2026)

High play · lower holdMomentum −1%YoY −18%

Your performance · June 2026

NTI

$20,839

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$116

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annual NTI

$333,957

trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$3,473

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,132/mo

43rd pct of 8,597 IL floors

#11 of 18 in Richmond

Hold

7.4%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

19th pct of 8,597 IL floors

17th pct of 18 in Richmond

Cycle rate

2.92×

this month

state median 2.61× · engagement

82nd pct of 8,597 IL floors

100th pct of 18 in Richmond

Play / machine

$46.6K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.2K/mo

51st pct of 8,597 IL floors

44th pct of 18 in Richmond

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,745 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,482/mo vs the $4,955 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (June 2026)

NTI this month

$20,839

Gaming tax

−$7,294

After tax

$13,545

Your take-home

$6,773

your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,773 to you and $6,773 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: since the money is set by statute, operators compete for your floor on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time — not on dollars.

Where your floor stands

High play · lower hold

Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

What an operator sees: An operator sees busy machines with margin headroom — a floor where better titles and merchandising pay off.

NTI/machine — 43rd percentile of 8,597 Illinois floors this month

In Richmond — #11 of 18 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 35th percentile of 6,745

The Floor — you among your Richmond peers17 peer floors

play per machine →

your floor a Richmond peer (anonymized) statewide median

2 peer floors sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each grey dot is another Richmond floor 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 $90,794

2023

2024

2025

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Richmond median ($23,814)

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.92× · state median 2.61×

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 floor health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $116 · Richmond median $133

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

Hold % by monthlatest 7.4% · 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.

Seasonality check: May → June moved −36% this year vs +26% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Richmond's total gaming income is +12% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is −18% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your floor.

A deeper operator read

The same history, cut the way a Terminal Operator cuts it when they decide how hard to compete for your floor.

Win per unit (WPU)

$116/day

per machine · per day · Richmond median $133/day · −13%

At the Richmond median this floor would add roughly $37,397 a year.

WPU momentum

+16%

last 3 months $161/day vs prior 3 $138/day

Seasonality

January peak

strongest January ($46,054 avg) · softest September ($18,548 avg)

Revenue steadiness

variable

±15% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

Linked to your Location as of June 2026 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations

726

Avg NTI / Location

$36,022

Avg NTI / Terminal

$6,274

Total NTI

$26,151,749

Year over year

Your NTI is +22% up year over year, outpacing the McHenry County market (+8%).

Your Location

+22%

$333,957 vs $272,747 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)

The market (McHenry County)

+8%

typical Location: $33,134 vs $30,752

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,473 in June 2026 — the 43rd percentile of 8,597 Illinois floors that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a floor on, because it strips out how many machines you run.

•Within Richmond, that's #11 of 18 floors 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 floor keeps — was 7.4% — below the 9.4% state median, which a stronger game mix could recover. Hold is driven mostly by the games on the floor, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.

•A dollar cycled through your machines 2.92× 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 floor health for both sides.

•High play · lower hold — Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

•After $7,294 in gaming tax, June 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,773 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.

•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 726 Locations in our data.

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Full June 2026 report detail

Amount played

$279,788

Amount won

$258,949

Net wager

$20,839

Funds in

$95,948

Funds out

$75,109

Net terminal income

$20,839

NTI tax

$7,294

State share

$6,251

Municipality share

$1,043

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