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Bath · Mason County · IL · 6 terminals
IGB license 250702031 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum +14%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$12,988
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$70
per machine · per day
Terminals
6
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$155,861
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$2,165
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
25th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#17 of 31 in Mason County
Hold
12.3%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
90th pct of 8,611 IL locations
90th pct of 31 in Mason County
Cycle rate
2.64×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
54th pct of 8,611 IL locations
52nd pct of 31 in Mason County
Play / machine
$17.5K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
16th pct of 8,611 IL locations
39th pct of 31 in Mason County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,794 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,945/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
$12,988
Gaming tax
−$4,546
After tax
$8,442
Your take-home
$4,221
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$4,546 · 35%Operator's 50%$4,221 · 32%Yours, 50%$4,221 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,221 to you and $4,221 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 — 25th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Mason County — #17 of 31 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 18th percentile of 6,794
Your gameset — you among your Mason County peers30 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Mason County 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 Mason County 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 $15,801
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Mason County median ($12,079)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.64× · 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 $70 · Mason County median $78
your WPU (per machine, per day) Mason County median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 12.3% · 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.

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)
$70/day
per machine · per day · Mason County median $78/day · −10%
At the Mason County median this gameset would add roughly $18,073 a year.

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 $2,165 in August 2026 — the 25th 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 Mason County, that's #17 of 31 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 12.3% — 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 2.64× 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 $4,546 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $4,221 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is building — +14% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2551 Locations in our data.
There's headroom in these numbers.

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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$105,186
Amount won
$92,197
Net wager
$12,988
Funds in
$39,891
Funds out
$26,903
Net terminal income
$12,988
NTI tax
$4,546
State share
$3,896
Municipality share
$650

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