WINNER'S CIRCLE GAMING LOUNGE, LLC

Albany · Whiteside County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 250702421 · Operator: Gold Rush Amusements, Inc. (as of August 2026)

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Room to growMomentum −18%

Your performance · September 2026

NTI

$12,137

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

$67

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$145,649

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

$2,023

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,170/mo

24th pct of 8,629 IL locations

#69 of 104 in Whiteside County

Hold

8.5%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

33rd pct of 8,629 IL locations

26th pct of 104 in Whiteside County

Cycle rate

2.38×

this month

state median 2.59× · engagement

23rd pct of 8,629 IL locations

23rd pct of 104 in Whiteside County

Play / machine

$23.8K

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.5K/mo

26th pct of 8,629 IL locations

35th pct of 104 in Whiteside County

Against locations your size (6+ terminals, 6,823 of them), your NTI/machine is −$2,966/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

$12,137

Gaming tax

−$4,248

After tax

$7,889

Your take-home

$3,945

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$4,248 · 35%Operator's 50%$3,945 · 32%Yours, 50%$3,945 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,945 to you and $3,945 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 8,629 Illinois locations this month

In Whiteside County — #69 of 104 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)

Among locations your size (6+ terminals) — 17th percentile of 6,823

Your gameset — you among your Whiteside County peers103 peer locations

play per machine →

your gameset a Whiteside County peer (anonymized) statewide median

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

Each gray dot is another Whiteside 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 $26,665

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Whiteside County median ($18,806)

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.38× · 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 $67 · Whiteside County median $104

your WPU (per machine, per day) Whiteside County median WPU

Hold % by monthlatest 8.5% · 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

Albany's total gaming income is +63% 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 · Whiteside County median $104/day · −35%

At the Whiteside County median this gameset would add roughly $80,020 a year.

WPU momentum

−22%

last 3 months $94/day vs prior 3 $121/day

Revenue steadiness

variable

±23% 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 $2,023 in September 2026 — the 24th 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 Whiteside County, that's #69 of 104 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 8.5% — 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 2.38× 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 $4,248 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $3,945 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Recent momentum is softening — −18% 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

$142,534

Amount won

$130,396

Net wager

$12,138

Funds in

$59,910

Funds out

$47,773

Net terminal income

$12,137

NTI tax

$4,248

State share

$3,641

Municipality share

$607

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