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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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Room to growMomentum +5%3-month NTI decline

Your performance · August 2026

NTI

$12,447

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$67

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$149,364

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$2,075

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,345/mo

24th pct of 8,611 IL locations

#13 of 17 in Lake Zurich

Hold

7.8%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

23rd pct of 8,611 IL locations

18th pct of 17 in Lake Zurich

Cycle rate

2.41×

this month

state median 2.60× · engagement

26th pct of 8,611 IL locations

21st pct of 17 in Lake Zurich

Play / machine

$26.5K

monthly · per terminal

state median $47.1K/mo

28th pct of 8,611 IL locations

26th pct of 17 in Lake Zurich

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$3,035/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

$12,447

Gaming tax

−$4,356

After tax

$8,091

Your take-home

$4,045

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$4,356 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,045 · 32%Yours, 50%$4,045 · 33%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,045 to you and $4,045 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 Lake Zurich — #13 of 17 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 Lake Zurich peers16 peer locations

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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 $34,491

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Lake Zurich median ($34,491)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.41× · 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 $67 · Lake Zurich median $185

your WPU (per machine, per day) Lake Zurich 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

Lake Zurich's total gaming income is +12% 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)

$67/day

per machine · per day · Lake Zurich median $185/day · −64%

At the Lake Zurich median this gameset would add roughly $264,524 a year.

WPU momentum

+3%

last 3 months $74/day vs prior 3 $71/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

2,551

Avg NTI / Location

$33,097

Avg NTI / Terminal

$5,782

Total NTI

$84,429,268

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $2,075 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 Lake Zurich, that's #13 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 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 2.41× 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 $4,356 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,045 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Heads-up: NTI has slipped three months running. Worth a look — it can be seasonal (check the year-ago comparison), or a sign the gameset is due for fresher titles or better service.

•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.

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Full August 2026 report detail

Amount played

$159,239

Amount won

$146,792

Net wager

$12,447

Funds in

$66,085

Funds out

$53,638

Net terminal income

$12,447

NTI tax

$4,356

State share

$3,733

Municipality share

$623

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