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PIE HARD, LLC

Waterloo · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 230701834
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +44%

Your performance · April 2024

NTI
$4,482
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$30
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$53,788
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$896
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,092/mo
8th pct of 8,354 IL locations
#17 of 19 in Waterloo
Hold
13.6%
this month
state median 9.1% · above
96th pct of 8,354 IL locations
100th pct of 19 in Waterloo
Cycle rate
2.56×
this month
state median 2.87× · engagement
16th pct of 8,354 IL locations
8th pct of 19 in Waterloo
Play / machine
$6.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.4K/mo
3rd pct of 8,354 IL locations
5th pct of 19 in Waterloo

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,949 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,284/mo vs the $2,180 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (April 2024)

NTI this month
$4,482
Gaming tax
−$1,524
After tax
$2,958
Your take-home
$1,479
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,524 · 34%Operator's 50%$1,479 · 33%Yours, 50%$1,479 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,479 to you and $1,479 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 — 8th percentile of 8,354 Illinois locations this month
In Waterloo — #17 of 19 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 16th percentile of 1,949
Your gameset — you among your Waterloo peers18 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Waterloo peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Waterloo 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 $26,546
2023
2024
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Waterloo median ($26,546) shown, left out of rankings

5 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.56× · state median 2.87×
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 $30 · Waterloo median $147
your WPU (per machine, per day) Waterloo median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 13.6% · state median 9.1%
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.

Your town's market

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

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)
$30/day
per machine · per day · Waterloo median $147/day · −80%
At the Waterloo median this gameset would add roughly $211,669 a year.

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $896 in April 2024 — the 8th percentile of 8,354 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 Waterloo, that's #17 of 19 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 9.1% 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 2.56× 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 $1,524 in gaming tax, April 2024's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,479 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +44% against your trailing average.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full April 2024 report detail
Amount played
$32,996
Amount won
$28,514
Net wager
$4,482
Funds in
$12,878
Funds out
$8,396
Net terminal income
$4,482
NTI tax
$1,524
State share
$1,300
Municipality share
$224

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