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Oblong Mart

Oblong · Crawford County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250701004 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
Room to growMomentum +1%YoY +8699%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$12,717
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$68
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annual NTI
$156,396
trailing 12 months

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,119
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
24th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#14 of 25 in Crawford County
Hold
7.8%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
23rd pct of 8,611 IL locations
36th pct of 25 in Crawford County
Cycle rate
3.22×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
94th pct of 8,611 IL locations
96th pct of 25 in Crawford County
Play / machine
$27.0K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
29th pct of 8,611 IL locations
42nd pct of 25 in Crawford County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is $2,990/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
$12,717
Gaming tax
$4,451
After tax
$8,266
Your take-home
$4,133
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,451 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,133 · 33%Yours, 50%$4,133 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,133 to you and $4,133 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 — 24th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Crawford County — #14 of 25 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 17th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Crawford County peers24 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Crawford 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 Crawford 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 $19,948
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Crawford County median ($14,058)
Cycle rate by monthlatest 3.22× · 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 $68 · Crawford County median $85
your WPU (per machine, per day) Crawford County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 7.8% · 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

Oblong's total gaming income is +115% year over year (trailing 3 months vs the same 3 a year ago).

Your own gameset is +8699% 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)
$68/day
per machine · per day · Crawford County median $85/day · −19%
At the Crawford County median this gameset would add roughly $36,426 a year.
WPU momentum
−11%
last 3 months $78/day vs prior 3 $88/day
Seasonality
April peak
strongest April ($19,948 avg) · softest August ($6,431 avg)
Revenue steadiness
variable
±26% 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 +8699% up year over year, outpacing the Crawford County market (+19%).

Your Location
+8699%
$12,717 vs $145 (vs a year ago)
The market (Crawford County)
+19%
typical Location: $19,494 vs $16,430

Takeaways

Each terminal earned about $2,119 in August 2026 — the 24th 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 Crawford County, that's #14 of 25 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 7.8% — 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 3.22× 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 $4,451 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,133 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
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
$162,202
Amount won
$149,486
Net wager
$12,717
Funds in
$50,395
Funds out
$37,678
Net terminal income
$12,717
NTI tax
$4,451
State share
$3,814
Municipality share
$636

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