LUCKY CORNER 7

Harvard · McHenry County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 240702032 · Operator: Elite Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)

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Room to growMomentum +20%YoY +37%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI

$22,817

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$127

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annual NTI

$188,090

trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$3,803

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,170/mo

46th pct of 8,629 IL locations

#13 of 20 in Harvard

Hold

9.3%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

48th pct of 8,629 IL locations

40th pct of 20 in Harvard

Cycle rate

2.83×

this month

state median 2.59× · engagement

76th pct of 8,629 IL locations

90th pct of 20 in Harvard

Play / machine

$40.8K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.5K/mo

46th pct of 8,629 IL locations

40th pct of 20 in Harvard

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,186/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

$22,817

Gaming tax

−$7,986

After tax

$14,831

Your take-home

$7,415

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$7,986 · 35%Operator's 50%$7,415 · 33%Yours, 50%$7,415 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,415 to you and $7,415 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 — 46th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month

In Harvard — #13 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 38th percentile of 6,823

Your gameset — you among your Harvard peers19 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a Harvard peer (anonymized) statewide median

1 peer location sits beyond the axis range and is drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Harvard 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 $26,683

2025

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Harvard median ($26,683)

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.83× · 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 $127 · Harvard median $148

your WPU (per machine, per day) Harvard 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 37% 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 −8% this year vs +161% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Harvard's total gaming income is +13% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +37% 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)

$127/day

per machine · per day · Harvard median $148/day · −14%

At the Harvard median this gameset would add roughly $46,396 a year.

WPU momentum

−4%

last 3 months $103/day vs prior 3 $108/day

Seasonality

June peak

strongest June ($23,020 avg) · softest October ($6,747 avg)

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±35% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Elite 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

Avg NTI / Location

$44,341

Avg NTI / Terminal

$7,390

Total NTI

$2,882,141

Year over year

Your NTI is +37% up year over year, outpacing the McHenry County market (+9%).

Your Location

+37%

$22,817 vs $16,706 (vs a year ago)

The market (McHenry County)

+9%

typical Location: $33,986 vs $31,119

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $3,803 in September 2026 — the 46th 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 Harvard, that's #13 of 20 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 2.83× 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 $7,986 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $7,415 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Recent momentum is building — +20% against your trailing average.

•Terminal Operator Elite Gaming, LLC runs 65 Locations in our data.

There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail

Amount played

$245,069

Amount won

$222,252

Net wager

$22,817

Funds in

$86,524

Funds out

$63,707

Net terminal income

$22,817

NTI tax

$7,986

State share

$6,844

Municipality share

$1,142

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