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THOMSON FOOD MART INC.

Thomson · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 230701321
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Room to growMomentum −5%YoY −58%

Your performance · March 2026

NTI
$14,066
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$76
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$263,353
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,344
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,676/mo
25th pct of 8,548 IL locations
Hold
8.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
28th pct of 8,548 IL locations
Cycle rate
2.73×
this month
state median 2.65× · engagement
60th pct of 8,548 IL locations
Play / machine
$28.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $50.0K/mo
28th pct of 8,548 IL locations

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,653 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,258/mo vs the $5,602 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (March 2026)

NTI this month
$14,066
Gaming tax
−$4,923
After tax
$9,143
Your take-home
$4,571
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,923 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,571 · 32%Yours, 50%$4,571 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,571 to you and $4,571 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 — 25th percentile of 8,548 Illinois locations this month
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 18th percentile of 6,653

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $35,265
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.73× · state median 2.65×
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 $76
your WPU (per machine, per day)
Hold % by monthlatest 8.2% · 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 monthMarch 2026 down 58% on a year earlier
April 2025 – March 2026April 2024 – March 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: February → March moved −50% this year vs +21% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is −58% 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)
$76/day
per machine · per day · daily win rate per machine
WPU momentum
+31%
last 3 months $125/day vs prior 3 $95/day
Seasonality
September peak
strongest September ($29,514 avg) · softest December ($15,737 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±30% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Year over year

Your NTI is −4% down year over year.

Your Location
−4%
$263,353 vs $273,474 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market
Not enough county history

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,344 in March 2026 — the 25th percentile of 8,548 Illinois locations that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 8.2% — 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 2.73× 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 $4,923 in gaming tax, March 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,571 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −5% against your trailing average.
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Full March 2026 report detail
Amount played
$172,534
Amount won
$158,468
Net wager
$14,066
Funds in
$63,113
Funds out
$49,047
Net terminal income
$14,066
NTI tax
$4,923
State share
$4,219
Municipality share
$704

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