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Madison County · Madison County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240700889 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −17%YoY +100866%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$17,679
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$98
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$200,436
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,947
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
36th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#20 of 29 in Madison County
Hold
9.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
47th pct of 8,629 IL locations
41st pct of 29 in Madison County
Cycle rate
2.42×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
28th pct of 8,629 IL locations
12th pct of 29 in Madison County
Play / machine
$31.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
35th pct of 8,629 IL locations
31st pct of 29 in Madison County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,042/mo vs the $4,988 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
$17,679
Gaming tax
−$6,188
After tax
$11,491
Your take-home
$5,746
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$6,188 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,746 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,746 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,746 to you and $5,746 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

Room to grow

Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.

What an operator sees: An operator sees upside: a gameset where a real service upgrade has room to move the numbers.

NTI/machine — 36th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Madison County — #20 of 29 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 28th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Madison County peers28 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Madison County peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Madison 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 $28,350
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Madison County median ($28,350) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.42× · 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 $98 · Madison County median $158
your WPU (per machine, per day) Madison County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.3% · 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 100866% on a year earlier
October 2025 – September 2026October 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.

Your town's market

Madison County's total gaming income is +6% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +100866% 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)
$98/day
per machine · per day · Madison County median $158/day · −38%
At the Madison County median this gameset would add roughly $128,051 a year.
WPU momentum
−21%
last 3 months $65/day vs prior 3 $83/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($20,240 avg) · softest August ($4,615 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Gameset change
5 → 6 terminals
over the last 12 months

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is +114% up year over year, outpacing the Madison County market (+1%).

Your Location
+114%
$200,436 vs $93,798 (last 12 months vs the prior 12)
The market (Madison County)
+1%
typical Location: $29,737 vs $29,349

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,947 in September 2026 — the 36th 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 Madison County, that's #20 of 29 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 9.3% — 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 2.42× 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.
•Room to grow — Both play and hold sit below the market — the clearest case that fresher cabinets, better titles, and faster service could lift results.
•After $6,188 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,746 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −17% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$190,270
Amount won
$172,591
Net wager
$17,679
Funds in
$78,565
Funds out
$60,886
Net terminal income
$17,679
NTI tax
$6,188
State share
$5,303
Municipality share
$885

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

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