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Melrose Park · Cook County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 230700676 · Operator: Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +33%YoY −13%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$18,739
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$121
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$162,705
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$3,748
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
44th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#28 of 38 in Melrose Park
Hold
10.0%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
63rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
45th pct of 38 in Melrose Park
Cycle rate
1.61×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
0th pct of 8,611 IL locations
3rd pct of 38 in Melrose Park
Play / machine
$37.4K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
41st pct of 8,611 IL locations
29th pct of 38 in Melrose Park

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is +$1,508/mo vs the $2,240 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
$18,739
Gaming tax
−$6,559
After tax
$12,180
Your take-home
$6,090
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$6,559 · 35%Operator's 50%$6,090 · 32%Yours, 50%$6,090 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,090 to you and $6,090 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 — 44th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Melrose Park — #28 of 38 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 72nd percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Melrose Park peers37 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Melrose Park 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 Melrose Park 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 $31,067
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Melrose Park median ($31,067)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.61× · 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 $121 · Melrose Park median $167
your WPU (per machine, per day) Melrose Park median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.0% · 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 13% 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 +56% this year vs +7% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Melrose Park's total gaming income is +7% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −13% 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)
$121/day
per machine · per day · Melrose Park median $167/day · −28%
At the Melrose Park median this gameset would add roughly $85,803 a year.
WPU momentum
+70%
last 3 months $123/day vs prior 3 $72/day
Seasonality
September peak
strongest September ($22,405 avg) · softest November ($9,927 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±39% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Lucky Lincoln 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
245
Avg NTI / Location
$38,898
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,637
Total NTI
$9,530,097

Year over year

Your NTI is −34% down year over year, trailing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
−34%
$162,705 vs $248,147 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,503 vs $40,673

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,748 in August 2026 — the 44th 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 Melrose Park, that's #28 of 38 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 10.0% — 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 1.61× 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 $6,559 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $6,090 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +33% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC runs 245 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$186,913
Amount won
$168,174
Net wager
$18,739
Funds in
$116,216
Funds out
$97,477
Net terminal income
$18,739
NTI tax
$6,559
State share
$5,621
Municipality share
$938

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