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Granite City · Madison County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240701799 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Momentum −69%YoY −95%
Low-volume month. September 2026 had under $10K played — likely a partial month or a new license — so it's shown but left out of rankings.

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$648
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$4
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$108,547
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$108
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
Hold
14.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
Cycle rate
2.32×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
Play / machine
$759
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month
$648
Gaming tax
−$227
After tax
$421
Your take-home
$211
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$227 · 35%Operator's 50%$211 · 33%Yours, 50%$211 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $211 to you and $211 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 $20,213
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Granite City median ($20,213) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.32× · 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 $4 · Granite City median $118
your WPU (per machine, per day) Granite City median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 14.2% · 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 monthSeptember 2026 down 95% 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 −85% this year vs −17% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Granite City's total gaming income is +1% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −95% 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)
$4/day
per machine · per day · Granite City median $118/day · −97%
At the Granite City median this gameset would add roughly $248,131 a year.
WPU momentum
−64%
last 3 months $17/day vs prior 3 $47/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($14,871 avg) · softest November ($6,401 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±53% 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Year over year

Your NTI is −95% down year over year, trailing the Madison County market (+1%).

Your Location
−95%
$648 vs $13,461 (vs a year ago)
The market (Madison County)
+1%
typical Location: $29,737 vs $29,349

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $108 in September 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 14.2% — 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 2.32× 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 $227 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $211 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −69% 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
$4,557
Amount won
$3,909
Net wager
$648
Funds in
$1,966
Funds out
$1,317
Net terminal income
$648
NTI tax
$227
State share
$194
Municipality share
$32

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