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El Rey Del Taco

Mendota · LaSalle County · IL · 3 terminals
IGB license 240700576 · Operator: Eureka Entertainment, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −2%YoY +9%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$2,651
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$29
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$37,758
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$884
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
8th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#13 of 21 in Mendota
Hold
14.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
98th pct of 8,629 IL locations
100th pct of 21 in Mendota
Cycle rate
2.25×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
12th pct of 8,629 IL locations
5th pct of 21 in Mendota
Play / machine
$6.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
3rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
5th pct of 21 in Mendota

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 260 of them), your NTI/machine is −$739/mo vs the $1,623 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month
$2,651
Gaming tax
−$928
After tax
$1,723
Your take-home
$862
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$928 · 35%Operator's 50%$862 · 33%Yours, 50%$862 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $862 to you and $862 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 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Mendota — #13 of 21 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 28th percentile of 260
Your gameset — you among your Mendota peers20 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Mendota peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Mendota 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 $11,361
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mendota median ($11,361)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.25× · state median 2.59×
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 $29 · Mendota median $63
your WPU (per machine, per day) Mendota median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 14.8% · 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 monthSeptember 2026 up 9% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026Oct 2024 – September 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: August → September moved −37% this year vs −28% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Mendota's total gaming income is +10% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +9% 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)
$29/day
per machine · per day · Mendota median $63/day · −53%
At the Mendota median this gameset would add roughly $36,350 a year.
WPU momentum
−3%
last 3 months $36/day vs prior 3 $38/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($3,791 avg) · softest March ($1,711 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±20% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Eureka 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
417
Avg NTI / Location
$21,637
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,059
Total NTI
$9,022,585

Year over year

Your NTI is +9% up year over year, outpacing the LaSalle County market (+4%).

Your Location
+9%
$2,651 vs $2,439 (vs a year ago)
The market (LaSalle County)
+4%
typical Location: $23,230 vs $22,234

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $884 in September 2026 — the 8th percentile of 8,629 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 Mendota, that's #13 of 21 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 14.8% — 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 2.25× 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 $928 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $862 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 417 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$17,945
Amount won
$15,293
Net wager
$2,651
Funds in
$7,979
Funds out
$5,328
Net terminal income
$2,651
NTI tax
$928
State share
$795
Municipality share
$133

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