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BUFFALO WILD WINGS

Chicago Ridge · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250701232 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gameset

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$13,514
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$75
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$162,172
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,252
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
27th pct of 8,629 IL locations
#21 of 29 in Chicago Ridge
Hold
12.2%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
89th pct of 8,629 IL locations
83rd pct of 29 in Chicago Ridge
Cycle rate
2.34×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
18th pct of 8,629 IL locations
17th pct of 29 in Chicago Ridge
Play / machine
$18.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
19th pct of 8,629 IL locations
31st pct of 29 in Chicago Ridge

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,736/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
$13,514
Gaming tax
−$4,730
After tax
$8,784
Your take-home
$4,392
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,730 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,392 · 32%Yours, 50%$4,392 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,392 to you and $4,392 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 — 27th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Chicago Ridge — #21 of 29 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 20th percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Chicago Ridge peers28 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Chicago Ridge 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 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 $25,244
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Chicago Ridge median ($25,244)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.34× · 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 $75 · Chicago Ridge median $140
your WPU (per machine, per day) Chicago Ridge median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.2% · 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

Chicago Ridge's total gaming income is +4% 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)
$75/day
per machine · per day · Chicago Ridge median $140/day · −46%
At the Chicago Ridge median this gameset would add roughly $140,754 a year.

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,679
Avg NTI / Location
$28,734
Avg NTI / Terminal
$4,975
Total NTI
$76,978,768

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,252 in September 2026 — the 27th 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 Chicago Ridge, that's #21 of 29 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 12.2% — 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 2.34× 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 $4,730 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,392 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2679 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$110,912
Amount won
$97,398
Net wager
$13,514
Funds in
$47,496
Funds out
$33,982
Net terminal income
$13,514
NTI tax
$4,730
State share
$4,054
Municipality share
$676

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

BUFFALO WILD WINGS — gaming performance, Chicago Ridge, Cook County, IL — The Gameset