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Lake Zurich · Lake County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250701956 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +9%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI
$15,019
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$83
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$180,231
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,503
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,170/mo
31st pct of 8,629 IL locations
#12 of 17 in Lake Zurich
Hold
10.1%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
64th pct of 8,629 IL locations
88th pct of 17 in Lake Zurich
Cycle rate
2.33×
this month
state median 2.59× · engagement
18th pct of 8,629 IL locations
15th pct of 17 in Lake Zurich
Play / machine
$24.7K
monthly · per terminal
state median $45.5K/mo
27th pct of 8,629 IL locations
18th pct of 17 in Lake Zurich

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,485/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
$15,019
Gaming tax
−$5,257
After tax
$9,763
Your take-home
$4,881
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$5,257 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,881 · 32%Yours, 50%$4,881 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,881 to you and $4,881 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 — 31st percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month
In Lake Zurich — #12 of 17 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 23rd percentile of 6,823
Your gameset — you among your Lake Zurich peers16 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Lake Zurich 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 Lake Zurich 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 $34,774
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lake Zurich median ($34,774)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.33× · 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 $83 · Lake Zurich median $193
your WPU (per machine, per day) Lake Zurich median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.1% · 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

Lake Zurich'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)
$83/day
per machine · per day · Lake Zurich median $193/day · −57%
At the Lake Zurich median this gameset would add roughly $237,054 a year.
WPU momentum
−0%
last 3 months $75/day vs prior 3 $75/day
Revenue steadiness
variable
±16% 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
2,571
Avg NTI / Location
$31,971
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,578
Total NTI
$82,196,548

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,503 in September 2026 — the 31st 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 Lake Zurich, that's #12 of 17 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 10.1% — 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 2.33× 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 $5,257 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,881 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +9% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.
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Full September 2026 report detail
Amount played
$148,206
Amount won
$133,187
Net wager
$15,019
Funds in
$63,525
Funds out
$48,506
Net terminal income
$15,019
NTI tax
$5,257
State share
$4,505
Municipality share
$752

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