FIREWATER BBQ N BREW OF CREST HILL INC

Crest Hill · Will County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 250702398 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)

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Your performance · September 2026

NTI

$3,019

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$17

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$36,223

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$503

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,170/mo

4th pct of 8,629 IL locations

#17 of 20 in Crest Hill

Hold

11.7%

this month

state median 9.4% · above

85th pct of 8,629 IL locations

90th pct of 20 in Crest Hill

Cycle rate

2.23×

this month

state median 2.59× · engagement

11th pct of 8,629 IL locations

0th pct of 20 in Crest Hill

Play / machine

$4.3K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.5K/mo

1st pct of 8,629 IL locations

0th pct of 20 in Crest Hill

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$4,485/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

$3,019

Gaming tax

−$1,057

After tax

$1,962

Your take-home

$981

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$1,057 · 35%Operator's 50%$981 · 32%Yours, 50%$981 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $981 to you and $981 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 — 4th percentile of 8,629 Illinois locations this month

In Crest Hill — #17 of 20 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 2nd percentile of 6,823

Your gameset — you among your Crest Hill peers19 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a Crest Hill peer (anonymized) statewide median

2 peer locations sit beyond the axis range and are drawn at the edge — shown, never dropped.

Each gray dot is another Crest Hill 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 $25,866

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Crest Hill median ($25,866) shown, left out of rankings

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.23× · 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 $17 · Crest Hill median $144

your WPU (per machine, per day) Crest Hill median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 11.7% · 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

Crest Hill's total gaming income is +6% 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)

$17/day

per machine · per day · Crest Hill median $144/day · −88%

At the Crest Hill median this gameset would add roughly $274,170 a year.

WPU momentum

+34%

last 3 months $23/day vs prior 3 $17/day

Revenue steadiness

volatile

±55% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Gold Rush Amusements, Inc.

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

733

Avg NTI / Location

$36,176

Avg NTI / Terminal

$6,303

Total NTI

$26,517,213

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $503 in September 2026 — the 4th 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 Crest Hill, that's #17 of 20 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 11.7% — 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 2.23× 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 $1,057 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $981 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 Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. runs 733 Locations in our data.

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Full September 2026 report detail

Amount played

$25,845

Amount won

$22,827

Net wager

$3,019

Funds in

$11,564

Funds out

$8,546

Net terminal income

$3,019

NTI tax

$1,057

State share

$905

Municipality share

$151

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