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R. Grotto Ristorante

Ottawa · LaSalle County · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 230701303 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of April 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +24%YoY +200%

Your performance · April 2026

NTI
$4,163
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$46
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$34,594
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,388
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,410/mo
14th pct of 8,569 IL locations
#37 of 44 in Ottawa
Hold
13.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
96th pct of 8,569 IL locations
91st pct of 44 in Ottawa
Cycle rate
2.69×
this month
state median 2.63× · engagement
57th pct of 8,569 IL locations
55th pct of 44 in Ottawa
Play / machine
$10.2K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.9K/mo
6th pct of 8,569 IL locations
13th pct of 44 in Ottawa

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 273 of them), your NTI/machine is −$155/mo vs the $1,543 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (April 2026)

NTI this month
$4,163
Gaming tax
−$1,457
After tax
$2,706
Your take-home
$1,353
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,457 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,353 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,353 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,353 to you and $1,353 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 — 14th percentile of 8,569 Illinois locations this month
In Ottawa — #37 of 44 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 44th percentile of 273
Your gameset — you among your Ottawa peers43 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 $22,976
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Ottawa median ($22,976) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.69× · state median 2.63×
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 $46 · Ottawa median $128
your WPU (per machine, per day) Ottawa median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 13.6% · 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 monthApril 2026 up 200% on a year earlier
May 2025 – April 2026May 2024 – April 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: March → April moved +130% this year vs −62% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Ottawa's total gaming income is +4% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +200% 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)
$46/day
per machine · per day · Ottawa median $128/day · −64%
At the Ottawa median this gameset would add roughly $87,903 a year.
WPU momentum
+70%
last 3 months $45/day vs prior 3 $27/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($6,338 avg) · softest April ($2,335 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±68% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

Linked to your Location as of April 2026 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
732
Avg NTI / Location
$38,054
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,664
Total NTI
$27,855,165

Year over year

Your NTI is −36% down year over year, trailing the LaSalle County market (+4%).

Your Location
−36%
$34,594 vs $53,768 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (LaSalle County)
+4%
typical Location: $22,569 vs $21,628

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,388 in April 2026 — the 14th percentile of 8,569 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 Ottawa, that's #37 of 44 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 13.6% — 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 2.69× 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 $1,457 in gaming tax, April 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,353 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +24% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 732 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full April 2026 report detail
Amount played
$30,596
Amount won
$26,433
Net wager
$4,163
Funds in
$11,370
Funds out
$7,207
Net terminal income
$4,163
NTI tax
$1,457
State share
$1,249
Municipality share
$208

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