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McLean · McLean County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702977 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −16%YoY −3%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$10,386
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$56
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$135,754
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,731
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
19th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#113 of 127 in McLean County
Hold
7.5%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
19th pct of 8,611 IL locations
19th pct of 127 in McLean County
Cycle rate
2.53×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
41st pct of 8,611 IL locations
45th pct of 127 in McLean County
Play / machine
$23.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
23rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
16th pct of 127 in McLean County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,378/mo vs the $5,109 peer median — bucketing by size keeps a small bar from being measured against a big one.

Where the money goes (August 2026)

NTI this month
$10,386
Gaming tax
−$3,635
After tax
$6,751
Your take-home
$3,376
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$3,635 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,376 · 33%Yours, 50%$3,376 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,376 to you and $3,376 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 — 19th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In McLean County — #113 of 127 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 13th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your McLean County peers126 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a McLean County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another McLean 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 $32,910
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior McLean County median ($32,910)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.53× · state median 2.60×
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 $56 · McLean County median $195
your WPU (per machine, per day) McLean County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 7.5% · 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

McLean's total gaming income is +13% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is −3% 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)
$56/day
per machine · per day · McLean County median $195/day · −71%
At the McLean County median this gameset would add roughly $311,680 a year.
WPU momentum
−39%
last 3 months $51/day vs prior 3 $83/day
Seasonality
March peak
strongest March ($16,630 avg) · softest July ($7,551 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±25% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

J&J Ventures 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
2,551
Avg NTI / Location
$33,097
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,782
Total NTI
$84,429,268

Year over year

Your NTI is −3% down year over year, trailing the McLean County market (+4%).

Your Location
−3%
$10,386 vs $10,675 (vs a year ago)
The market (McLean County)
+4%
typical Location: $36,073 vs $34,797

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,731 in August 2026 — the 19th percentile of 8,611 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 McLean County, that's #113 of 127 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 7.5% — below the 9.4% 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 2.53× 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 $3,635 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,376 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −16% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$137,936
Amount won
$127,549
Net wager
$10,386
Funds in
$54,517
Funds out
$44,131
Net terminal income
$10,386
NTI tax
$3,635
State share
$3,115
Municipality share
$520

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