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Wadsworth Liquor & Gaming

Wadsworth · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 240702979 · Operator: Aces Up Gaming LLC (as of August 2026)
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High play · high holdMomentum +10%YoY +100%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$50,581
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$281
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$561,143
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$8,430
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
80th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#10 of 18 in Wadsworth
Hold
11.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
82nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
83rd pct of 18 in Wadsworth
Cycle rate
2.31×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
17th pct of 8,629 IL locations
44th pct of 18 in Wadsworth
Play / machine
$74.3K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
72nd pct of 8,629 IL locations
36th pct of 18 in Wadsworth

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is +$3,442/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
$50,581
Gaming tax
−$17,703
After tax
$32,878
Your take-home
$16,439
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$17,703 · 35%Operator's 50%$16,439 · 32%Yours, 50%$16,439 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $16,439 to you and $16,439 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 — 80th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Wadsworth — #10 of 18 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 76th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Wadsworth peers17 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Wadsworth 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 Wadsworth 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 $68,113
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Wadsworth median ($63,484)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.31× · 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 $281 · Wadsworth median $317
your WPU (per machine, per day) Wadsworth median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 11.3% · 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 up 100% 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 +11% this year vs +88% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

Your town's market

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

Your own gameset is +100% over the same-month-last-year comparison — holding up as well as or better than the town around you.

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)
$281/day
per machine · per day · Wadsworth median $317/day · −11%
At the Wadsworth median this gameset would add roughly $76,695 a year.
WPU momentum
+5%
last 3 months $298/day vs prior 3 $282/day
Seasonality
December peak
strongest December ($59,215 avg) · softest August ($29,538 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±24% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Aces Up 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
10
Avg NTI / Location
$80,240
Avg NTI / Terminal
$13,600
Total NTI
$802,403

Year over year

Your NTI is +100% up year over year, outpacing the Lake County market (+3%).

Your Location
+100%
$50,581 vs $25,248 (vs a year ago)
The market (Lake County)
+3%
typical Location: $38,941 vs $37,671

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $8,430 in September 2026 — the 80th 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 Wadsworth, that's #10 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 11.3% — 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 2.31× 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 $17,703 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $16,439 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +10% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Aces Up Gaming LLC runs 10 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$445,902
Amount won
$395,321
Net wager
$50,581
Funds in
$192,937
Funds out
$142,356
Net terminal income
$50,581
NTI tax
$17,703
State share
$15,172
Municipality share
$2,532

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