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Nebraska returns nothing, and the nearest signed venue is the most venue-favourable deal in the whole dataset: a family entertainment centre in Lawrence, Kansas at 50% of net, about 190 miles from Omaha. That makes Nebraska’s missing row unusual — most empty states are read against the national median, and Nebraska’s nearest reference is an outlier.
Figures below come from the 87 signed listings open on PinPoint Vending’s marketplace on October 5, 2026, covering 29 states. Traffic is venue-reported and unaudited; no listing reports sales.
By the numbers
| Measure | Nebraska |
|---|---|
| Signed placements | 0 |
| States with none | 21 of 50 |
| Venue types represented | 0 of 26 |
| Nearest state with placements | Kansas, 2 |
| Nearest share recorded | 50% of net, at Lawrence |
| National median share | 40% of net |
What is on the other side of the line
Two Kansas listings, and they disagree with each other.
| Kansas venue | Type | Visitors a day | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence | Family entertainment centre | 160 | 50% |
| Great Bend | Roller rink | 96 | 40% |
Lawrence is the more interesting of the two by a wide margin. Twelve of the 87 placements agreed 50% of net, and every one of the other eleven is a pass-through venue — three shops, two malls, two electronics stores, two filling stations, a deli and a food service site. Lawrence is the only destination venue in that group: a building people travel to and stay in rather than pass through.
Lawrence is also not a large venue. At 160 visitors a day it sits below the family entertainment centre median of 180 among the nine that report a count — about 400 visitor-hours on the conversion behind our ranking of vending locations — which makes the 50% harder to explain as a function of traffic.
Why an empty state’s nearest neighbour matters more than the median
Because a reader with no local data will use whatever is closest, and what is closest here is atypical. Of the 87 placements, 55 agreed 40%, which is the figure a Nebraska venue or operator would reasonably expect to be quoted. The nearest actual agreement is ten points above it.
| Reference available to a Nebraska reader | Value |
|---|---|
| National median | 40% of net |
| Nearest signed deal | 50% of net (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| Second nearest | 40% of net (Great Bend, Kansas) |
| Nearest destination venue above the median | Lawrence — the only one in the record |
Both numbers are true and they point in different directions, which is the honest position. Lawrence establishes that a destination venue can reach 50%; it does not establish that one usually does. One listing is a precedent, not a pattern, and Kansas’s own second listing agreed the median.
How Nebraska’s blank compares with the other empty states
Nebraska sits inside the contiguous region of fourteen empty states that runs from Oregon to Minnesota and down to New Mexico. Within that region it is one of the better-connected blanks.
| Empty state | Placements in bordering states |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 16 |
| West Virginia | 17 |
| Iowa | 10 |
| Nevada, Arizona, Minnesota | 7 each |
| Nebraska | 3 |
| Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Utah | 0 |
Nebraska borders Missouri, with one placement, and Kansas, with two. That is thin, and it is three more than Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota or Utah can reach. On Census Bureau estimates Nebraska is also among the smaller empty states, so the blank row is closer to what population alone predicts than Minnesota’s or Arizona’s is.
What the record cannot say about Nebraska
Three things, and the reasons matter. The dataset is one locator’s signed venues across a single 2026 season, so an empty state records the absence of a signature and nothing more.
- Not an absence of venues. Omaha and Lincoln hold bowling alleys, trampoline parks, indoor playgrounds and family entertainment centres — the four categories supplying 44 of the 87 national placements.
- Not a coverage decision. the two blanks with a published reason are Alaska and Hawaii, which the company states it does not serve. Nebraska carries no such statement.
- Not a statement about terms. Nothing in the listings distinguishes a venue that declined from one that was never approached.
What a first Nebraska placement would settle
Whether Lawrence was local or individual. One listing in Omaha or Lincoln, 190 miles north of a 50% deal, would turn a single outlier into a two-point comparison — and if it landed at 40%, that would be informative in the other direction.
It would also be the first measurable venue in a 55-mile corridor that contains most of the state’s indoor family leisure, which is the kind of density this dataset otherwise only shows in coastal metros. Beyond the Nebraska row, what the revenue-share data shows across all 87 placements covers everything Nebraska leaves out about shares, and vending machine locations by state shows where every state stands.
Frequently asked questions
How many vending machine placements does Nebraska have?
None. Nebraska is one of 21 states with no signed venue in the record collected on October 5, 2026, which covers 87 placements across 29 states.
Where is the nearest placement?
Kansas, which has two: a family entertainment centre in Lawrence at 50% of net and a roller rink in Great Bend at 40%. Lawrence is roughly 190 miles from Omaha.
Why does the Lawrence venue matter?
It is the only destination venue among the twelve placements at 50% of net. Every other 50% deal in the record is a pass-through site — a shop, a forecourt, a mall or a deli.
Does that make 50% a regional norm?
No. Kansas’s other listing agreed 40%, and two placements cannot establish a norm. Lawrence is a precedent rather than a pattern.
What would a first Nebraska placement establish?
Whether the Lawrence share was local or individual. With one listing each side of the state line there would at least be a comparison; at present there is one venue and an inference.
