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BELVIDERE WINE & SPIRITS

Belvidere · Boone County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 230700614 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +17%YoY +77%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$16,232
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$90
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$146,245
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,705
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
33rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
#27 of 32 in Belvidere
Hold
10.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
67th pct of 8,629 IL locations
53rd pct of 32 in Belvidere
Cycle rate
2.56×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
45th pct of 8,629 IL locations
61st pct of 32 in Belvidere
Play / machine
$26.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
29th pct of 8,629 IL locations
19th pct of 32 in Belvidere

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,283/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
$16,232
Gaming tax
−$5,681
After tax
$10,551
Your take-home
$5,275
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$5,681 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,275 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,275 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,275 to you and $5,275 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 — 33rd percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Belvidere — #27 of 32 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 26th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Belvidere peers31 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Belvidere 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 Belvidere 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 $30,482
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Belvidere median ($30,482)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.56× · 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 $90 · Belvidere median $174
your WPU (per machine, per day) Belvidere 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.

This year against last, by monthSeptember 2026 up 77% 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 +109% this year vs −14% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +77% 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)
$90/day
per machine · per day · Belvidere median $174/day · −48%
At the Belvidere median this gameset would add roughly $182,058 a year.
WPU momentum
+41%
last 3 months $83/day vs prior 3 $59/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($17,739 avg) · softest January ($6,513 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±34% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

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
733
Avg NTI / Location
$36,176
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,303
Total NTI
$26,517,213

Year over year

Your NTI is +3% up year over year, trailing the Boone County market (+13%).

Your Location
+3%
$146,245 vs $142,421 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Boone County)
+13%
typical Location: $25,908 vs $22,927

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,705 in September 2026 — the 33rd 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 Belvidere, that's #27 of 32 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 2.56× 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 $5,681 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,275 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +17% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 733 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$157,289
Amount won
$141,057
Net wager
$16,232
Funds in
$61,538
Funds out
$45,306
Net terminal income
$16,232
NTI tax
$5,681
State share
$4,869
Municipality share
$812

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

BELVIDERE WINE & SPIRITS — gaming performance, Belvidere, Boone County, IL — The Gameset