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Cook County · Cook County · IL · 6 terminals

IGB license 260701510 · Operator: J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC

Low-volume month. September 2026 had under $10K played — likely a partial month or a new license — so it's shown but left out of rankings.

Your performance · September 2026

NTI

$29

net terminal income · this month

Win per unit

per machine · per day

Terminals

machines in service

Annualized NTI

$349

est. from latest month

The four numbers operators read first

NTI / machine

monthly · per terminal

state median $4,170/mo

Hold

0.7%

this month

state median 9.4% · below

Cycle rate

1.22×

this month

state median 2.59× · engagement

Play / machine

$742

monthly · per terminal

state median $45.5K/mo

Where the money goes (September 2026)

NTI this month

$29

Gaming tax

−$10

After tax

$19

Your take-home

your 50% this month

Gaming tax$10 · 35%Operator's 50%$9 · 32%Yours, 50%$9 · 32%

Illinois law fixes the after-tax split at 50/50 and bans any deviation (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9 to you and $9 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

Trend

Net terminal income by monthpeak $57,197

2026

latest month up vs prior down vs prior Cook County median ($57,197) shown, left out of rankings

One month loaded so far. The trend fills in as more monthly IGB reports are imported.

Your town's market

Cook County's total gaming income is +11% 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)

$0/day

per machine · per day · Cook County median $335/day · −100%

At the Cook County median this gameset would add roughly $722,740 a year.

Your operator

J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC

Locations

2,571

Avg NTI / Location

$31,971

Avg NTI / Terminal

$5,578

Total NTI

$82,196,548

Takeaways

•Each terminal earned about $5 in September 2026. Per-terminal NTI is the number operators judge a gameset by, because it strips out how many machines you run.

•Hold — the share of money played that the gameset keeps — was 0.7% — 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 1.22× 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.

•After $10 in gaming tax, September 2026's income is split 50/50 with your operator by law (230 ILCS 40/25(c)) — about $9 to you. Neither side can move that split, which is why operators here compete on service.

•Terminal Operator J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC runs 2571 Locations in our data.

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Full September 2026 report detail

Amount played

$4,452

Amount won

$4,423

Net wager

$29

Funds in

$3,661

Funds out

$3,632

Net terminal income

$29

NTI tax

$10

State share

Municipality share

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