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LAILAS BAR & GRILL

Stronghurst · Henderson County · IL · 4 terminals
IGB license 240703090 · Operator: Heck Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −49%YoY −53%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$2,688
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$22
per machine · per day
Terminals
4
machines in service
Annual NTI
$47,335
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$672
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
5th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#13 of 12 in Henderson County
Hold
5.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
5th pct of 8,611 IL locations
8th pct of 12 in Henderson County
Cycle rate
2.42×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
28th pct of 8,611 IL locations
25th pct of 12 in Henderson County
Play / machine
$12.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
10th pct of 8,611 IL locations
4th pct of 12 in Henderson County

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,568/mo vs the $2,240 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
$2,688
Gaming tax
−$941
After tax
$1,747
Your take-home
$874
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$941 · 35%Operator's 50%$874 · 32%Yours, 50%$874 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $874 to you and $874 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 — 5th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Henderson County — #13 of 12 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 13th percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Henderson County peers11 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Henderson County 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 Henderson 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 $14,356
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Henderson County median ($14,356)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.42× · 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 $22 · Henderson County median $77
your WPU (per machine, per day) Henderson County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 5.3% · 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 monthAugust 2026 down 53% on a year earlier
September 2025 – August 2026Sep 2024 – August 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: July → August moved +66% this year vs +68% a year ago — so a normal seasonal dip isn't mistaken for a real decline.

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)
$22/day
per machine · per day · Henderson County median $77/day · −72%
At the Henderson County median this gameset would add roughly $82,594 a year.
WPU momentum
−65%
last 3 months $14/day vs prior 3 $41/day
Seasonality
May peak
strongest May ($7,820 avg) · softest June ($1,038 avg)
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±53% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Heck 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
104
Avg NTI / Location
$15,055
Avg NTI / Terminal
$3,616
Total NTI
$1,565,746

Year over year

Your NTI is −53% down year over year, trailing the Henderson County market (+6%).

Your Location
−53%
$2,688 vs $5,714 (vs a year ago)
The market (Henderson County)
+6%
typical Location: $17,708 vs $16,779

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $672 in August 2026 — the 5th 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 Henderson County, that's #13 of 12 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 5.3% — 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 2.42× 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.
•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 $941 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $874 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −49% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Heck Gaming, LLC runs 104 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$50,929
Amount won
$48,241
Net wager
$2,688
Funds in
$21,019
Funds out
$18,331
Net terminal income
$2,688
NTI tax
$941
State share
$806
Municipality share
$135

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

LAILAS BAR & GRILL — gaming performance, Stronghurst, Henderson County, IL — The Gameset