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Hazel Crest · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702501 · Operator: Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC (as of June 2026)
High play · high holdMomentum +30%YoY +110%

Your performance · June 2026

NTI
$51,049
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$284
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$487,343
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$8,508
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,132/mo
80th pct of 8,597 IL floors
#464 of 1421 in Cook County
Hold
9.7%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
56th pct of 8,597 IL floors
52nd pct of 1,421 in Cook County
Cycle rate
2.04×
this month
state median 2.61× · engagement
3rd pct of 8,597 IL floors
6th pct of 1,421 in Cook County
Play / machine
$87.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.2K/mo
79th pct of 8,597 IL floors
66th pct of 1,421 in Cook County

Against floors your size (6+ terminals, 6,745 of them), your NTI/machine is +$3,553/mo vs the $4,955 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (June 2026)

NTI this month
$51,049
Gaming tax
−$17,867
After tax
$33,182
Your take-home
$16,591
your 50% this month

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $16,591 to you and $16,591 to your operator this month. Neither side can move that split. That's the whole point of The Gameset: since the money is set by statute, operators compete for your floor on service — games, cabinets, refresh cadence, response time — not on dollars.

Where your floor stands

High play · high hold

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

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

NTI/machine — 80th percentile of 8,597 Illinois floors this month
In Cook County — #464 of 1421 floors by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among floors your size (6+ terminals) — 76th percentile of 6,745
The Floor — you among your Cook County peers500 peer floors (sampled from 1,420)
play per machine →
your floor a Cook County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each grey dot is another Cook County floor 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 $64,631
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Cook County median ($35,086)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.04× · state median 2.61×
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 floor health for you and for an operator.

Win per unit by monthlatest $284 · Cook County median $200
your WPU (per machine, per day) Cook County 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.

Seasonality check: May → June moved −13% this year vs +125% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

Hazel Crest's total gaming income is +125% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own floor is +110% over the same-month-last-year comparison — the town's tide explains part of the move; it isn't all your floor.

A deeper operator read

The same history, cut the way a Terminal Operator cuts it when they decide how hard to compete for your floor.

Win per unit (WPU)
$284/day
per machine · per day · Cook County median $200/day · +42%
WPU momentum
+53%
last 3 months $320/day vs prior 3 $209/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($64,631 avg) · softest July ($20,356 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±29% month-to-month swing, trailing 12
Floor change
5 → 6 terminals
over the last 12 months

Your operator

Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC

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

Locations
249
Avg NTI / Location
$37,286
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,385
Total NTI
$9,284,191

Year over year

Your NTI is +110% up year over year, outpacing the Cook County market (+4%).

Your Location
+110%
$51,049 vs $24,346 (vs a year ago)
The market (Cook County)
+4%
typical Location: $42,080 vs $40,475

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $8,508 in June 2026 — the 80th percentile of 8,597 Illinois floors that month. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a floor on, because it strips out how many machines you run.
•Within Cook County, that's #464 of 1421 floors 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 floor keeps — was 9.7% — above the 9.4% state median. Hold is driven mostly by the games on the floor, which is exactly what an operator brings to the table.
•A dollar cycled through your machines 2.04× 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 floor health for both sides.
•High play · high hold — Strong demand and a healthy hold — your floor is doing well on both the traffic and the margin side.
•After $17,867 in gaming tax, June 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $16,591 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service, not money.
•Recent momentum is building — +30% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC runs 249 Locations in our data.
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Full June 2026 report detail
Amount played
$525,004
Amount won
$473,955
Net wager
$51,049
Funds in
$257,036
Funds out
$205,987
Net terminal income
$51,049
NTI tax
$17,867
State share
$15,312
Municipality share
$2,555

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