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Mattoon · Coles County · IL · 2 terminals
IGB license 240701183 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Momentum −14%YoY −52%
Low-volume month. August 2026 had under $10K played — likely a partial month or a new license — so it's shown but left out of rankings.

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$1,730
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$28
per machine · per day
Terminals
2
machines in service
Annual NTI
$38,926
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$865
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
Hold
31.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
Cycle rate
1.64×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
Play / machine
$2.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$1,730
Gaming tax
−$605
After tax
$1,124
Your take-home
$562
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$605 · 35%Operator's 50%$562 · 32%Yours, 50%$562 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $562 to you and $562 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

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $25,911
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mattoon median ($25,911) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.64× · 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 $28 · Mattoon median $139
your WPU (per machine, per day) Mattoon median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 31.8% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 52% 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 −45% this year vs +96% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Mattoon's total gaming income is +5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −52% 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)
$28/day
per machine · per day · Mattoon median $139/day · −80%
At the Mattoon median this gameset would add roughly $82,887 a year.
WPU momentum
+28%
last 3 months $56/day vs prior 3 $43/day
Seasonality
January peak
strongest January ($4,549 avg) · softest November ($1,260 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±46% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is −52% down year over year, trailing the Coles County market (+5%).

Your Location
−52%
$1,730 vs $3,607 (vs a year ago)
The market (Coles County)
+5%
typical Location: $30,547 vs $28,961

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $865 in August 2026. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 31.8% — 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 1.64× 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.
•After $605 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $562 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −14% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$5,448
Amount won
$3,718
Net wager
$1,730
Funds in
$3,315
Funds out
$1,585
Net terminal income
$1,730
NTI tax
$605
State share
$519
Municipality share
$87

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