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South Elgin · Kane County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 230702413 · Operator: Illinois Gaming Entertainment LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · lower holdMomentum −39%YoY −33%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$28,564
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$154
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$660,418
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,761
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
54th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#20 of 27 in South Elgin
Hold
5.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
6th pct of 8,611 IL locations
4th pct of 27 in South Elgin
Cycle rate
2.34×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
19th pct of 8,611 IL locations
31st pct of 27 in South Elgin
Play / machine
$88.9K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
78th pct of 8,611 IL locations
46th pct of 27 in South Elgin

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$349/mo vs the $5,109 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
$28,564
Gaming tax
−$9,998
After tax
$18,567
Your take-home
$9,283
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$9,998 · 35%Operator's 50%$9,283 · 32%Yours, 50%$9,283 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,283 to you and $9,283 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

High play · lower hold

Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.

What an operator sees: An operator sees busy machines with margin headroom — a gameset where better titles and merchandising pay off.

NTI/machine — 54th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In South Elgin — #20 of 27 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 46th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your South Elgin peers26 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a South Elgin 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 South 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 $87,137
2023
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior South Elgin median ($42,826)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.34× · 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 $154 · South Elgin median $230
your WPU (per machine, per day) South Elgin median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.4% · 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 down 33% 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 −21% this year vs −28% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

South Elgin's total gaming income is +7% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −33% 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)
$154/day
per machine · per day · South Elgin median $230/day · −33%
At the South Elgin median this gameset would add roughly $171,143 a year.
WPU momentum
−50%
last 3 months $194/day vs prior 3 $387/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($61,713 avg) · softest August ($35,331 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±31% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Illinois Gaming Entertainment 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
10
Avg NTI / Location
$57,951
Avg NTI / Terminal
$9,659
Total NTI
$579,512

Year over year

Your NTI is +29% up year over year, outpacing the Kane County market (+6%).

Your Location
+29%
$660,418 vs $511,042 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Kane County)
+6%
typical Location: $37,352 vs $35,219

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,761 in August 2026 — the 54th 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 South Elgin, that's #20 of 27 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 5.4% — 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 2.34× 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.
•High play · lower hold — Plenty of traffic, but the hold runs below the market — the right game mix could turn that demand into more income.
•After $9,998 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,283 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Heads-up: NTI has slipped three months running. Worth a look — it can be seasonal (check the year-ago comparison), or a sign the gameset is due for fresher titles or better service.
•Terminal Operator Illinois Gaming Entertainment LLC runs 10 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$533,223
Amount won
$504,658
Net wager
$28,564
Funds in
$227,672
Funds out
$199,108
Net terminal income
$28,564
NTI tax
$9,998
State share
$8,568
Municipality share
$1,430

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