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Brown Bag Liquors, LLC

Paris · Edgar County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 230700411 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −20%YoY −19%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$11,788
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$63
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$247,399
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,965
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
22nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#13 of 15 in Paris
Hold
5.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
5th pct of 8,611 IL locations
0th pct of 15 in Paris
Cycle rate
2.53×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
40th pct of 8,611 IL locations
23rd pct of 15 in Paris
Play / machine
$38.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
41st pct of 8,611 IL locations
33rd pct of 15 in Paris

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,145/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
$11,788
Gaming tax
−$4,126
After tax
$7,662
Your take-home
$3,831
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,126 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,831 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,831 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,831 to you and $3,831 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 — 22nd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Paris — #13 of 15 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 16th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Paris peers14 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Paris peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Paris 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 $38,288
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Paris median ($32,116)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.53× · 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 $63 · Paris median $173
your WPU (per machine, per day) Paris median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.2% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 19% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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: July → August moved −45% this year vs +1196% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Paris's total gaming income is +8% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −19% 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)
$63/day
per machine · per day · Paris median $173/day · −63%
At the Paris median this gameset would add roughly $243,942 a year.
WPU momentum
−16%
last 3 months $104/day vs prior 3 $125/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($29,755 avg) · softest August ($12,842 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±25% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is +26% up year over year, outpacing the Edgar County market (+5%).

Your Location
+26%
$247,399 vs $196,230 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Edgar County)
+5%
typical Location: $27,922 vs $26,548

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,965 in August 2026 — the 22nd 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 Paris, that's #13 of 15 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 5.2% — 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 2.53× 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 $4,126 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,831 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −20% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$228,274
Amount won
$216,486
Net wager
$11,788
Funds in
$90,349
Funds out
$78,561
Net terminal income
$11,788
NTI tax
$4,126
State share
$3,536
Municipality share
$590

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