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Chatham · Sangamon County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240701479 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −6%YoY +0%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$12,070
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$65
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$177,249
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,012
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
23rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#12 of 14 in Chatham
Hold
7.0%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
15th pct of 8,611 IL locations
29th pct of 14 in Chatham
Cycle rate
2.43×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
28th pct of 8,611 IL locations
14th pct of 14 in Chatham
Play / machine
$28.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
31st pct of 8,611 IL locations
21st pct of 14 in Chatham

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,098/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
$12,070
Gaming tax
−$4,224
After tax
$7,845
Your take-home
$3,923
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,224 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,923 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,923 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,923 to you and $3,923 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 — 23rd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Chatham — #12 of 14 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 16th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Chatham peers13 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Chatham peer (anonymized) statewide median

Each gray dot is another Chatham 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 $23,108
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Chatham median ($23,108)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.43× · 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 $65 · Chatham median $124
your WPU (per machine, per day) Chatham median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 7.0% · 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 0% 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 −39% this year vs +1% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Chatham's total gaming income is −12% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +0% 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)
$65/day
per machine · per day · Chatham median $124/day · −48%
At the Chatham median this gameset would add roughly $132,458 a year.
WPU momentum
−15%
last 3 months $84/day vs prior 3 $99/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($20,541 avg) · softest June ($10,504 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±22% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,677
Avg NTI / Location
$29,789
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,160
Total NTI
$79,746,194

Year over year

Your NTI is +0% up year over year, trailing the Sangamon County market (+3%).

Your Location
+0%
$12,070 vs $12,067 (vs a year ago)
The market (Sangamon County)
+3%
typical Location: $33,488 vs $32,420

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,012 in August 2026 — the 23rd 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 Chatham, that's #12 of 14 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 7.0% — 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 2.43× 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 $4,224 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,923 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −6% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2677 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$171,792
Amount won
$159,722
Net wager
$12,070
Funds in
$70,712
Funds out
$58,642
Net terminal income
$12,070
NTI tax
$4,224
State share
$3,620
Municipality share
$604

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