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Steger · Will County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702593 · Operator: Empire Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum +16%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$37,464
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$208
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$449,571
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$6,244
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
67th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#4 of 15 in Steger
Hold
12.4%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
90th pct of 8,629 IL locations
87th pct of 15 in Steger
Cycle rate
2.37×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
21st pct of 8,629 IL locations
17th pct of 15 in Steger
Play / machine
$50.4K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
55th pct of 8,629 IL locations
67th pct of 15 in Steger

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is +$1,256/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
$37,464
Gaming tax
−$13,113
After tax
$24,352
Your take-home
$12,176
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$13,113 · 35%Operator's 50%$12,176 · 32%Yours, 50%$12,176 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,176 to you and $12,176 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 — 67th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Steger — #4 of 15 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 61st percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Steger peers14 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Steger 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 Steger 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 $37,464
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Steger median ($27,829)

6 months loaded — partial history. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.37× · 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 $208 · Steger median $155
your WPU (per machine, per day) Steger median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.4% · 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.

Your town's market

Steger's total gaming income is +11% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

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)
$208/day
per machine · per day · Steger median $155/day · +35%
WPU momentum
+31%
last 3 months $179/day vs prior 3 $137/day
Revenue steadiness
variable
±25% 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
69
Avg NTI / Location
$42,247
Avg NTI / Terminal
$7,041
Total NTI
$2,915,037

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $6,244 in September 2026 — the 67th 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 Steger, that's #4 of 15 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 12.4% — 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 2.37× 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 $13,113 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $12,176 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +16% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Empire Gaming, LLC runs 69 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 September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$302,174
Amount won
$264,710
Net wager
$37,464
Funds in
$127,751
Funds out
$90,286
Net terminal income
$37,464
NTI tax
$13,113
State share
$11,237
Municipality share
$1,875

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