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Wauconda · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250701197 · Operator: LS Gaming LLC (as of August 2026)
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Room to growMomentum −13%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$11,670
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$65
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$140,038
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,945
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
23rd pct of 8,629 IL locations
#19 of 21 in Wauconda
Hold
8.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · below
28th pct of 8,629 IL locations
33rd pct of 21 in Wauconda
Cycle rate
2.45×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
31st pct of 8,629 IL locations
38th pct of 21 in Wauconda
Play / machine
$23.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
26th pct of 8,629 IL locations
7th pct of 21 in Wauconda

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,043/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
$11,670
Gaming tax
−$4,084
After tax
$7,585
Your take-home
$3,793
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,084 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,793 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,793 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,793 to you and $3,793 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 — 23rd percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Wauconda — #19 of 21 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 16th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Wauconda peers20 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Wauconda 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 Wauconda 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 $22,219
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Wauconda median ($22,219)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.45× · 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 $65 · Wauconda median $123
your WPU (per machine, per day) Wauconda median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 8.2% · 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

Wauconda's total gaming income is +8% 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)
$65/day
per machine · per day · Wauconda median $123/day · −47%
At the Wauconda median this gameset would add roughly $126,590 a year.
WPU momentum
−14%
last 3 months $65/day vs prior 3 $75/day
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±37% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

LS 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
22
Avg NTI / Location
$45,988
Avg NTI / Terminal
$7,723
Total NTI
$1,011,733

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,945 in September 2026 — the 23rd 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 Wauconda, that's #19 of 21 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 8.2% — 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 2.45× 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 $4,084 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,793 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −13% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator LS Gaming LLC runs 22 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$142,044
Amount won
$130,374
Net wager
$11,670
Funds in
$58,039
Funds out
$46,369
Net terminal income
$11,670
NTI tax
$4,084
State share
$3,500
Municipality share
$584

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