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Hazel Crest · Cook County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 230701895 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +44%YoY +61%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$12,186
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$79
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annual NTI
$84,900
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,437
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
28th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#1132 of 1422 in Cook County
Hold
14.1%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
96th pct of 8,611 IL locations
97th pct of 1,422 in Cook County
Cycle rate
1.92×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
2nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
2nd pct of 1,422 in Cook County
Play / machine
$17.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
16th pct of 8,611 IL locations
12th pct of 1,422 in Cook County

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is +$197/mo vs the $2,240 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$12,186
Gaming tax
−$4,265
After tax
$7,921
Your take-home
$3,960
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,265 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,960 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,960 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,960 to you and $3,960 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 — 28th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Cook County — #1132 of 1422 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 54th percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Cook County peers500 peer locations (sampled from 1,421)
play per machine →
your gameset a Cook County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Cook 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 $36,369
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Cook County median ($36,369) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.92× · state median 2.60×
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 $79 · Cook County median $199
your WPU (per machine, per day) Cook County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 14.1% · 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 monthAugust 2026 up 61% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026September 2024 – August 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: July → August moved +44% this year vs −1% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Hazel Crest's total gaming income is +53% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +61% 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)
$79/day
per machine · per day · Cook County median $199/day · −61%
At the Cook County median this gameset would add roughly $224,682 a year.
WPU momentum
+46%
last 3 months $57/day vs prior 3 $39/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($8,579 avg) · softest January ($1,666 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
2,677
Avg NTI / Location
$29,789
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,160
Total NTI
$79,746,194

Year over year

Your NTI is +40% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
+40%
$84,900 vs $60,664 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,503 vs $40,673

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,437 in August 2026 — the 28th percentile of 8,611 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 Cook County, that's #1132 of 1422 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 14.1% — 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 1.92× 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 $4,265 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,960 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.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2677 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$86,365
Amount won
$74,179
Net wager
$12,186
Funds in
$45,039
Funds out
$32,854
Net terminal income
$12,186
NTI tax
$4,265
State share
$3,655
Municipality share
$610

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