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Hickory Knoll Golf Course

Lake County · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702736 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$15,629
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$87
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$137,386
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,605
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
32nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
#50 of 69 in Lake County
Hold
11.0%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
78th pct of 8,629 IL locations
78th pct of 69 in Lake County
Cycle rate
2.42×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
28th pct of 8,629 IL locations
42nd pct of 69 in Lake County
Play / machine
$23.6K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
26th pct of 8,629 IL locations
22nd pct of 69 in Lake County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,384/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
$15,629
Gaming tax
−$5,470
After tax
$10,159
Your take-home
$5,079
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$5,470 · 35%Operator's 50%$5,079 · 32%Yours, 50%$5,079 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,079 to you and $5,079 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 — 32nd percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Lake County — #50 of 69 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 24th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Lake County peers68 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Lake County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Lake 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 $22,613
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lake County median ($22,613)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.42× · 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 $87 · Lake County median $126
your WPU (per machine, per day) Lake County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.0% · 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

Lake County's total gaming income is +6% 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)
$87/day
per machine · per day · Lake County median $126/day · −31%
At the Lake County median this gameset would add roughly $85,558 a year.
WPU momentum
−10%
last 3 months $76/day vs prior 3 $84/day
Seasonality
June peak
strongest June ($17,808 avg) · softest October ($1,391 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,679
Avg NTI / Location
$28,734
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,975
Total NTI
$76,978,768

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,605 in September 2026 — the 32nd 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 Lake County, that's #50 of 69 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 11.0% — 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 2.42× 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.
•Efficient gameset — You earn a strong hold from steady traffic — the lever here is drawing more play, not squeezing the machines.
•After $5,470 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $5,079 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +8% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$141,690
Amount won
$126,062
Net wager
$15,629
Funds in
$58,491
Funds out
$42,862
Net terminal income
$15,629
NTI tax
$5,470
State share
$4,688
Municipality share
$782

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

Hickory Knoll Golf Course — gaming performance, Lake County, Lake County, IL — The Gameset