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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 +17%YoY +23%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$4,179
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$45
per machine · per day
Terminals
3
machines in service
Annual NTI
$37,546
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,393
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
14th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#15 of 20 in Mendota
Hold
18.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
100th pct of 8,611 IL locations
100th pct of 20 in Mendota
Cycle rate
2.69×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
61st pct of 8,611 IL locations
73rd pct of 20 in Mendota
Play / machine
$7.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
4th pct of 8,611 IL locations
0th pct of 20 in Mendota

Against locations your size (1–3 terminals, 270 of them), your NTI/machine is −$241/mo vs the $1,634 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
$4,179
Gaming tax
−$1,463
After tax
$2,717
Your take-home
$1,358
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$1,463 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,358 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,358 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,358 to you and $1,358 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 — 14th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Mendota — #15 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (1–3 terminals) — 43rd percentile of 270
Your gameset — you among your Mendota peers19 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Mendota 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 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 $11,480
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mendota median ($11,480)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.69× · 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 $45 · Mendota median $62
your WPU (per machine, per day) Mendota median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 18.2% · 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 monthAugust 2026 up 23% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026Sep 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 +29% this year vs +7% 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 +12% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +23% 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)
$45/day
per machine · per day · Mendota median $62/day · −27%
At the Mendota median this gameset would add roughly $18,727 a year.
WPU momentum
+38%
last 3 months $42/day vs prior 3 $30/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($3,791 avg) · softest March ($1,711 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±21% 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
415
Avg NTI / Location
$23,203
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,347
Total NTI
$9,629,080

Year over year

Your NTI is +23% up year over year, outpacing the LaSalle County market (+4%).

Your Location
+23%
$4,179 vs $3,402 (vs a year ago)
The market (LaSalle County)
+4%
typical Location: $23,102 vs $22,169

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,393 in August 2026 — the 14th 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 Mendota, that's #15 of 20 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 18.2% — 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 2.69× 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 $1,463 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,358 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +17% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Eureka Entertainment, LLC runs 415 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$22,925
Amount won
$18,745
Net wager
$4,179
Funds in
$8,509
Funds out
$4,329
Net terminal income
$4,179
NTI tax
$1,463
State share
$1,254
Municipality share
$209

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