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Emily's Mexican Grill

Elgin · Kane County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 230700992 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum +9%YoY +82%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$17,029
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$95
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$198,032
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,838
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
35th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#25 of 33 in Elgin
Hold
8.7%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
36th pct of 8,629 IL locations
24th pct of 33 in Elgin
Cycle rate
3.14×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
93rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
97th pct of 33 in Elgin
Play / machine
$32.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
37th pct of 8,629 IL locations
35th pct of 33 in Elgin

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,150/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
$17,029
Gaming tax
−$5,960
After tax
$11,069
Your take-home
$5,534
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$5,960 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,534 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,534 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,534 to you and $5,534 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 — 35th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Elgin — #25 of 33 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 27th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Elgin peers32 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Elgin 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 Elgin 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 $27,528
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Elgin median ($23,647)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.14× · 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 $95 · Elgin median $158
your WPU (per machine, per day) Elgin median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 8.7% · 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 82% 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 −13% this year vs −50% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Elgin's total gaming income is +13% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +82% 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)
$95/day
per machine · per day · Elgin median $158/day · −40%
At the Elgin median this gameset would add roughly $136,174 a year.
WPU momentum
+18%
last 3 months $100/day vs prior 3 $85/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($22,298 avg) · softest November ($9,428 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±25% 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 +28% up year over year, outpacing the Kane County market (+6%).

Your Location
+28%
$198,032 vs $155,238 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Kane County)
+6%
typical Location: $37,653 vs $35,369

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,838 in September 2026 — the 35th 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 Elgin, that's #25 of 33 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 8.7% — 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 3.14× 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 $5,960 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,534 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +9% 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
$196,340
Amount won
$179,311
Net wager
$17,028
Funds in
$62,471
Funds out
$45,442
Net terminal income
$17,029
NTI tax
$5,960
State share
$5,108
Municipality share
$852

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