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Melrose Park · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250701052 · Operator: Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gameset

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$27,311
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$147
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$327,731
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$4,552
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
52nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
#24 of 38 in Melrose Park
Hold
12.7%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
92nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
95th pct of 38 in Melrose Park
Cycle rate
2.44×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
29th pct of 8,611 IL locations
47th pct of 38 in Melrose Park
Play / machine
$35.8K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
39th pct of 8,611 IL locations
26th pct of 38 in Melrose Park

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$558/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
$27,311
Gaming tax
−$9,559
After tax
$17,752
Your take-home
$8,876
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$9,559 · 35%Operator's 50%$8,876 · 32%Yours, 50%$8,876 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,876 to you and $8,876 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 — 52nd percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Melrose Park — #24 of 38 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 Melrose Park peers37 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Melrose Park 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 Melrose Park 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 $31,067
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Melrose Park median ($31,067)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.44× · 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 $147 · Melrose Park median $167
your WPU (per machine, per day) Melrose Park median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.7% · 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

Melrose Park's total gaming income is +7% 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)
$147/day
per machine · per day · Melrose Park median $167/day · −12%
At the Melrose Park median this gameset would add roughly $45,072 a year.

Your operator

Lucky Lincoln 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
245
Avg NTI / Location
$38,898
Avg NTI / Terminal
$6,637
Total NTI
$9,530,097

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $4,552 in August 2026 — the 52nd 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 Melrose Park, that's #24 of 38 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 12.7% — 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 2.44× 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 $9,559 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $8,876 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Terminal Operator Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC runs 245 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$215,061
Amount won
$187,750
Net wager
$27,311
Funds in
$88,266
Funds out
$60,955
Net terminal income
$27,311
NTI tax
$9,559
State share
$8,192
Municipality share
$1,367

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