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River Grove · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702581 · Operator: Gaming Productions, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −15%YoY −56%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$6,409
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$36
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$121,872
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,068
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
11th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#18 of 18 in River Grove
Hold
9.7%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
56th pct of 8,629 IL locations
56th pct of 18 in River Grove
Cycle rate
2.07×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
4th pct of 8,629 IL locations
6th pct of 18 in River Grove
Play / machine
$11.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
8th pct of 8,629 IL locations
3rd pct of 18 in River Grove

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,920/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
$6,409
Gaming tax
−$2,243
After tax
$4,166
Your take-home
$2,083
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,243 · 35%Operator's 50%$2,083 · 32%Yours, 50%$2,083 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,083 to you and $2,083 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

Efficient gameset

You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.

What an operator sees: An operator sees a well-run, efficient gameset — attractive, with upside if foot traffic can be grown.

NTI/machine — 11th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In River Grove — #18 of 18 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 River Grove peers17 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a River Grove 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 River Grove 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 $51,117
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior River Grove median ($51,117)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.07× · 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 · River Grove median $284
your WPU (per machine, per day) River Grove 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 monthSeptember 2026 down 56% 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 −13% this year vs −70% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is −56% 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 · River Grove median $284/day · −87%
At the River Grove median this gameset would add roughly $536,496 a year.
WPU momentum
−20%
last 3 months $49/day vs prior 3 $61/day
Seasonality
August peak
strongest August ($27,843 avg) · softest April ($4,711 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±30% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gaming Productions, 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
39
Avg NTI / Location
$47,807
Avg NTI / Terminal
$8,213
Total NTI
$1,864,461

Year over year

Your NTI is −56% down year over year, trailing the Cook County market (+5%).

Your Location
−56%
$6,409 vs $14,511 (vs a year ago)
The market (Cook County)
+5%
typical Location: $42,751 vs $40,728

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,068 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 River Grove, that's #18 of 18 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 2.07× 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.
•Efficient gameset — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $2,243 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $2,083 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −15% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Gaming Productions, LLC runs 39 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$65,971
Amount won
$59,561
Net wager
$6,409
Funds in
$31,924
Funds out
$25,515
Net terminal income
$6,409
NTI tax
$2,243
State share
$1,922
Municipality share
$321

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