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BLACKHAWK AERIE #952 FOE

Galena · Jo Daviess County · IL · 5 terminals
IGB license 250800602 · Operator: Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC (as of August 2026)
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Efficient gamesetMomentum −28%

Your performance · August 2026

NTI
$6,020
net terminal income · this month
Win per unit
$39
per machine · per day
Terminals
5
machines in service
Annualized NTI
$72,243
est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine
$1,204
monthly · per terminal
state median $4,345/mo
12th pct of 8,611 IL locations
#8 of 12 in Galena
Hold
10.6%
this month
state median 9.4% · above
72nd pct of 8,611 IL locations
75th pct of 12 in Galena
Cycle rate
2.73×
this month
state median 2.60× · engagement
66th pct of 8,611 IL locations
75th pct of 12 in Galena
Play / machine
$11.4K
monthly · per terminal
state median $47.1K/mo
8th pct of 8,611 IL locations
13th pct of 12 in Galena

Against locations your size (4–5 terminals, 1,547 of them), your NTI/machine is −$1,036/mo vs the $2,240 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
$6,020
Gaming tax
−$2,107
After tax
$3,913
Your take-home
$1,957
your 50% this month
Gaming tax$2,107 · 35%Operator's 50%$1,957 · 32%Yours, 50%$1,957 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,957 to you and $1,957 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 — 12th percentile of 8,611 Illinois locations this month
In Galena — #8 of 12 locations by NTI/machine (your own neighborhood, the fairest like-for-like)
Among locations your size (4–5 terminals) — 27th percentile of 1,547
Your gameset — you among your Galena peers11 peer locations
play per machine →
your gameset a Galena 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 Galena 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 $12,599
2025
2026
latest month up vs prior down vs prior Galena median ($12,599) shown, left out of rankings

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

Cycle rate by monthlatest 2.73× · 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 $39 · Galena median $94
your WPU (per machine, per day) Galena median WPU
Hold % by monthlatest 10.6% · 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

Galena's total gaming income is +22% 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)
$39/day
per machine · per day · Galena median $94/day · −59%
At the Galena median this gameset would add roughly $103,444 a year.
WPU momentum
−53%
last 3 months $26/day vs prior 3 $54/day
Revenue steadiness
volatile
±82% month-to-month swing, trailing 12

Your operator

Accel Entertainment 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
2,677
Avg NTI / Location
$29,789
Avg NTI / Terminal
$5,160
Total NTI
$79,746,194

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $1,204 in August 2026 — the 12th 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 Galena, that's #8 of 12 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 10.6% — 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 2.73× 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 $2,107 in gaming tax, August 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $1,957 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.
•Recent momentum is softening — −28% against your trailing average.
•Terminal Operator Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC runs 2677 Locations in our data.
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Full August 2026 report detail
Amount played
$56,847
Amount won
$50,826
Net wager
$6,020
Funds in
$20,787
Funds out
$14,767
Net terminal income
$6,020
NTI tax
$2,107
State share
$1,806
Municipality share
$301

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