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FAIRFIELD LIQUOR

Wayne County · Wayne County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702301 · Operator: Jaguar Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −22%YoY −34%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$6,431
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$36
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$145,420
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,072
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
11th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#16 of 19 in Wayne County
Hold
5.1%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
4th pct of 8,629 IL locations
5th pct of 19 in Wayne County
Cycle rate
3.42×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
97th pct of 8,629 IL locations
89th pct of 19 in Wayne County
Play / machine
$21.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
22nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
32nd pct of 19 in Wayne County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,917/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
$6,431
Gaming tax
−$2,251
After tax
$4,180
Your take-home
$2,090
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,251 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,090 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,090 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,090 to you and $2,090 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 — 11th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Wayne County — #16 of 19 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 7th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Wayne County peers18 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Wayne County 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 Wayne County 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 $21,077
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Wayne County median ($13,909) shown, left out of rankings
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.42× · 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 $36 · Wayne County median $79
your WPU (per machine, per day) Wayne County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.1% · 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 34% 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 −60% this year vs −50% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Wayne County's total gaming income is +9% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −34% 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)
$36/day
per machine · per day · Wayne County median $79/day · −55%
At the Wayne County median this gameset would add roughly $94,413 a year.
WPU momentum
−20%
last 3 months $65/day vs prior 3 $80/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($17,791 avg) · softest December (-$4,005 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±48% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Jaguar 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
16
Avg NTI / Location
$20,375
Avg NTI / Terminal
$3,396
Total NTI
$325,997

Year over year

Your NTI is −34% down year over year, trailing the Wayne County market (−1%).

Your Location
−34%
$6,431 vs $9,738 (vs a year ago)
The market (Wayne County)
−1%
typical Location: $24,385 vs $24,676

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,072 in September 2026 — the 11th 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 Wayne County, that's #16 of 19 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 5.1% — 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 3.42× 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 $2,251 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,090 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −22% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Jaguar Gaming, LLC runs 16 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$125,998
Amount won
$119,567
Net wager
$6,431
Funds in
$36,844
Funds out
$30,413
Net terminal income
$6,431
NTI tax
$2,251
State share
$1,929
Municipality share
$322

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

FAIRFIELD LIQUOR — gaming performance, Wayne County, Wayne County, IL — The Gameset