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Quincy · Adams County · IL · 4 terminals

IGB license 240701759 · Operator: Heck Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)

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Efficient gamesetMomentum −15%YoY −70%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI

$1,678

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$14

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annual NTI

$38,977

trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$419

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,170/mo

3rd pct of 8,629 IL locations

#82 of 83 in Quincy

Hold

14.7%

this month

state median 9.4% · above

98th pct of 8,629 IL locations

86th pct of 83 in Quincy

Cycle rate

2.61×

this month

state median 2.59× · engagement

51st pct of 8,629 IL locations

39th pct of 83 in Quincy

Play / machine

$2.8K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.5K/mo

0th pct of 8,629 IL locations

0th pct of 83 in Quincy

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,546 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,759/mo vs the $2,179 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

$1,678

Gaming tax

−$587

After tax

$1,090

Your take-home

$545

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$587 · 35%Operator's 50%$545 · 32%Yours, 50%$545 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $545 to you and $545 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 — 3rd percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month

In Quincy — #82 of 83 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 6th percentile of 1,546

Your gameset — you among your Quincy peers82 peer locations

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your gameset a Quincy peer (anonymized) statewide median

5 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Quincy 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 $15,551

2025

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Quincy median ($15,551) shown, left out of rankings

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.61× · 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 $14 · Quincy median $132

your WPU (per machine, per day) Quincy median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 14.7% · 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 down 70% 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 +19% this year vs −47% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Quincy's total gaming income is +2% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −70% 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)

$14/day

per machine · per day · Quincy median $132/day · −89%

At the Quincy median this gameset would add roughly $170,180 a year.

WPU momentum

−13%

last 3 months $20/day vs prior 3 $23/day

Seasonality

April peak

strongest April ($8,717 avg) · softest February ($1,498 avg)

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±51% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Heck 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

105

Avg NTI / Location

$15,019

Avg NTI / Terminal

$3,592

Total NTI

$1,577,028

Year over year

Your NTI is −70% down year over year, trailing the Adams County market (−5%).

Your Location

−70%

$1,678 vs $5,628 (vs a year ago)

The market (Adams County)

−5%

typical Location: $20,674 vs $21,729

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $419 in September 2026 — the 3rd 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 Quincy, that's #82 of 83 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 14.7% — 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 2.61× 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 $587 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $545 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Recent momentum is softening — −15% against your trailing average.

•Terminal Operator Heck Gaming, LLC runs 105 Locations in our data.

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Full September 2026 report detail

Amount played

$11,376

Amount won

$9,698

Net wager

$1,678

Funds in

$4,366

Funds out

$2,689

Net terminal income

$1,678

NTI tax

$587

State share

$503

Municipality share

$84

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