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OM GASOLINE INC.

Johnsburg · McHenry County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702285 · Operator: Empire Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
High play · high holdMomentum +11%YoY −10%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$43,135
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$232
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$434,559
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$7,189
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
72nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#5 of 13 in Johnsburg
Hold
9.7%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
55th pct of 8,611 IL locations
69th pct of 13 in Johnsburg
Cycle rate
1.80×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
1st pct of 8,611 IL locations
4th pct of 13 in Johnsburg
Play / machine
$74.4K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
70th pct of 8,611 IL locations
69th pct of 13 in Johnsburg

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is +$2,080/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
$43,135
Gaming tax
$15,097
After tax
$28,037
Your take-home
$14,019
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$15,097 · 35%Operator's 50%$14,019 · 32%Yours, 50%$14,019 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $14,019 to you and $14,019 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

High play · high hold

Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.

What an operator sees: An operator reads this as a proven, high-value gameset and will compete hard on service to win it.

NTI/machine — 72nd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Johnsburg — #5 of 13 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 67th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Johnsburg peers12 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Johnsburg peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Johnsburg 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 $48,064
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Johnsburg median ($37,958)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 1.80× · 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 $232 · Johnsburg median $204
your WPU (per machine, per day) Johnsburg median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.7% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 10% on a year earlier
September 2025August 2026Sep 2024August 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 +46% this year vs +16% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Johnsburg's total gaming income is +10% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −10% 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)
$232/day
per machine · per day · Johnsburg median $204/day · +14%
WPU momentum
+12%
last 3 months $212/day vs prior 3 $189/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($45,599 avg) · softest February ($17,453 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±20% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Empire 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
67
Avg NTI / Location
$45,925
Avg NTI / Terminal
$7,560
Total NTI
$3,076,974

Year over year

Your NTI is −10% down year over year, trailing the McHenry County market (+9%).

Your Location
−10%
$43,135 vs $48,064 (vs a year ago)
The market (McHenry County)
+9%
typical Location: $33,734 vs $31,007

Takeaways

Each terminal earned about $7,189 in August 2026 — the 72nd 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 Johnsburg, that's #5 of 13 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 9.7% — 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 1.80× 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.
High play · high hold — Strong demand and a healthy hold — your gameset is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.
After $15,097 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $14,019 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
Recent momentum is building — +11% against your trailing average.
Terminal Operator Empire Gaming, LLC runs 67 Locations in our data.
You're ahead of your market.

A gameset doing these numbers is the one Operators compete hardest for — and most owners never find out what that competition is worth, because they never put it out to bid.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$446,564
Amount won
$403,430
Net wager
$43,135
Funds in
$247,407
Funds out
$204,273
Net terminal income
$43,135
NTI tax
$15,097
State share
$12,938
Municipality share
$2,159

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