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THE BUZZED BEE BAR & GRILL

Troy · Madison County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702445 · Operator: Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC (as of January 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −46%YoY −31%

Your performance · January 2026

NTI
$6,206
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$33
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$140,881
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,034
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,071/mo
10th pct of 8,463 IL locations
#17 of 21 in Troy
Hold
9.1%
this month
state median 9.3% · below
46th pct of 8,463 IL locations
43rd pct of 21 in Troy
Cycle rate
2.50×
this month
state median 2.68× · engagement
28th pct of 8,463 IL locations
26th pct of 21 in Troy
Play / machine
$11.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $44.1K/mo
9th pct of 8,463 IL locations
19th pct of 21 in Troy

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,587 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,860/mo vs the $4,894 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (January 2026)

NTI this month
$6,206
Gaming tax
−$2,172
After tax
$4,034
Your take-home
$2,017
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,172 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,017 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,017 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,017 to you and $2,017 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 — 10th percentile of 8,463 Illinois locations this month
In Troy — #17 of 21 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 6th percentile of 6,587
Your gameset — you among your Troy peers20 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Troy 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 Troy 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 $29,821
2024
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Troy median ($29,821)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.50× · state median 2.68×
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 $33 · Troy median $160
your WPU (per machine, per day) Troy median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 9.1% · state median 9.3%
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 monthJanuary 2026 down 31% on a year earlier
February 2025 – January 2026Feb 2024 – January 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: December → January moved +532% this year vs +135% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Troy's total gaming income is +5% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −31% 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)
$33/day
per machine · per day · Troy median $160/day · −79%
At the Troy median this gameset would add roughly $283,387 a year.
WPU momentum
−49%
last 3 months $31/day vs prior 3 $60/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($18,907 avg) · softest December ($2,415 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±42% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC

Linked to your Location as of January 2026 — the Illinois Gaming Board publishes this each month, so a recent change may not show yet.

Locations
245
Avg NTI / Location
$35,544
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,094
Total NTI
$8,708,189

Year over year

Your NTI is −31% down year over year, trailing the Madison County market (+1%).

Your Location
−31%
$6,206 vs $9,056 (vs a year ago)
The market (Madison County)
+1%
typical Location: $29,474 vs $29,240

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,034 in January 2026 — the 10th percentile of 8,463 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 Troy, that's #17 of 21 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 9.1% — below the 9.3% 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 2.50× 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 $2,172 in gaming tax, January 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,017 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −46% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC runs 245 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full January 2026 report detail
Amount played
$67,926
Amount won
$61,720
Net wager
$6,206
Funds in
$27,189
Funds out
$20,984
Net terminal income
$6,206
NTI tax
$2,172
State share
$1,861
Municipality share
$311

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