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HARLEM & SW LLC

Chicago Ridge · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250700735 · Operator: Empire Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
Efficient gamesetMomentum +32%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$27,722
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$149
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$332,663
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,620
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
53rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#15 of 28 in Chicago Ridge
Hold
10.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
75th pct of 8,611 IL locations
75th pct of 28 in Chicago Ridge
Cycle rate
2.72×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
65th pct of 8,611 IL locations
68th pct of 28 in Chicago Ridge
Play / machine
$42.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
46th pct of 8,611 IL locations
43rd pct of 28 in Chicago Ridge

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is $489/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
$27,722
Gaming tax
$9,703
After tax
$18,019
Your take-home
$9,010
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$9,703 · 35%Operator's 50%$9,010 · 32%Yours, 50%$9,010 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,010 to you and $9,010 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 — 53rd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Chicago Ridge — #15 of 28 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 45th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Chicago Ridge peers27 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Chicago Ridge 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 Chicago Ridge 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 $27,722
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Chicago Ridge median ($27,625) shown, left out of rankings

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.72× · 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 $149 · Chicago Ridge median $149
your WPU (per machine, per day) Chicago Ridge median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.8% · 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

Chicago Ridge's total gaming income is +2% 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)
$149/day
per machine · per day · Chicago Ridge median $149/day · +0%
WPU momentum
−4%
last 3 months $107/day vs prior 3 $111/day
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±50% 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
67
Avg NTI / Location
$45,925
Avg NTI / Terminal
$7,560
Total NTI
$3,076,974

Takeaways

Each terminal earned about $4,620 in August 2026 — the 53rd 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 Chicago Ridge, that's #15 of 28 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 10.8% — 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 2.72× 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 $9,703 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9,010 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
Recent momentum is building — +32% against your trailing average.
Terminal Operator Empire Gaming, LLC runs 67 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 August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$256,821
Amount won
$229,099
Net wager
$27,722
Funds in
$94,315
Funds out
$66,593
Net terminal income
$27,722
NTI tax
$9,703
State share
$8,315
Municipality share
$1,387

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

HARLEM & SW LLC — gaming performance, Chicago Ridge, Cook County, IL — The Gameset