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Scales Mound · Jo Daviess County · IL · 4 terminals
IGB license 230700864 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +18%YoY +4%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$8,824
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$74
per machine · per day
Terminals
4
machines in service
Annual NTI
$101,546
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,206
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
26th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#28 of 53 in Jo Daviess County
Hold
10.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
71st pct of 8,629 IL locations
58th pct of 53 in Jo Daviess County
Cycle rate
3.32×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
96th pct of 8,629 IL locations
92nd pct of 53 in Jo Daviess County
Play / machine
$20.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
22nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
45th pct of 53 in Jo Daviess County

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,546 of them), your NTI/machine is +$27/mo vs the $2,179 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
$8,824
Gaming tax
−$3,088
After tax
$5,735
Your take-home
$2,868
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,088 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,868 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,868 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,868 to you and $2,868 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 — 26th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Jo Daviess County — #28 of 53 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 51st percentile of 1,546
Your gameset — you among your Jo Daviess County peers52 peer locations
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your gameset a Jo Daviess County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Jo Daviess County 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 $14,507
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Jo Daviess County median ($12,438)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.32× · 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 $74 · Jo Daviess County median $76
your WPU (per machine, per day) Jo Daviess County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.6% · 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 4% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026Oct 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 −1% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +4% 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)
$74/day
per machine · per day · Jo Daviess County median $76/day · −3%
At the Jo Daviess County median this gameset would add roughly $3,040 a year.
WPU momentum
+31%
last 3 months $94/day vs prior 3 $72/day
Seasonality
July peak
strongest July ($12,383 avg) · softest January ($2,304 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±39% 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 +4% up year over year, outpacing the Jo Daviess County market (+2%).

Your Location
+4%
$8,824 vs $8,509 (vs a year ago)
The market (Jo Daviess County)
+2%
typical Location: $20,002 vs $19,687

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,206 in September 2026 — the 26th 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 Jo Daviess County, that's #28 of 53 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 10.6% — 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 3.32× 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 $3,088 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,868 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +18% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$83,601
Amount won
$74,777
Net wager
$8,824
Funds in
$25,184
Funds out
$16,360
Net terminal income
$8,824
NTI tax
$3,088
State share
$2,647
Municipality share
$442

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