At $1 per spin it would be 1%. $2 a spin and its half a percent. My guess is the games in the bar/restaurants/gas stations are in the 92% range so the penny a push still makes them better than the casinos in Illinois.

The money chop on the machine earn is 30% to the state, 35% to the slot route operator and 35% to the owner. The owner has to pay all the overhead for a five machine operation out of that 35%. The penny a push is just another creative tax by the State of Illinois.