Casino Party Tips

Having a theme for a party is a great way to get your guests involved in the festivities. A casino theme party is sure to be enjoyed by all! While you may not have a Las Vegas budget for your party, you can still decorate and entertain on a small scale while still making a big impression. The following are a few ideas to get you started in planning your next casino theme party.

Invitations – The invitations for your casino theme party are the first thing your guests will see in reference to the party. In order to make a great first impression, your invitations should fully carry out the theme. Some fun ideas include invitations that look like over sized playing cards, party information written on a dealer’s hat and sent to your guests and invitations that resemble postcards from Las Vegas ("Wish You Were Here", etc.).

Attire – Ask your guests to wear cocktail attire, similar to that worn in the early years in Las Vegas. Dressing the part will help your guests to get into the theme and will provide them some excitement and anticipation before even arriving to the party. Be sure to mention the attire on your invitations.

Decorations – Similar to Las Vegas, you may choose for your decorations to be elegant or completely over the top. It is totally up to you! Some ideas include the following. Drape sheer fabric over your light fixtures to create some mood lighting. Hang up over sized playing cards or sets of fuzzy dice (available at many party supply stores). Make signs that say phrases such as “High Rollers Club” or “(Your Name) Casino”. And finally, your casino game dealers can wear dealer’s hats and vests to add to the authenticity.

Food – Finger foods and appetizers that you can pick up with toothpicks work well for this type of party. Since your guests will be moving around frequently, you do not want to serve any dishes that require silverware or require one to sit still to eat. If you have nice glass dishes, those are great to use. If you do not, then you can often find inexpensive plastic plates that resemble crystal.

Drinks – Serve a variety of classy cocktail drinks including martinis and daiquiris. If you do not wish to serve alcohol at your party, you may make virgin (non-alcoholic) versions of these drinks instead. More than the drinks, it is the overall presentation that is important. Serve your drinks in appropriate glasses that match the drink contents. For example, use martini glasses to serve martinis. Like the plates above, if you do not have glass versions of these, you can often find inexpensive plastic versions that will still provide the same presentation value.

Casino Party Games – Because all your guests may not be casino game experts, make sure you have a few casino party games from which to choose. Roulette or blackjack are easy games to learn. For the more advanced players, you can offer craps, Texas hold-em, or many of the other current varieties of poker-themed card games. Provide your guests with plastic poker chips to use as money. Even though they are not worth anything, it will be fun to see who ends up with the most at the end of the evening. You may even choose to give out prizes at the end of the night.

Background Music – Play popular music from the early days of Las Vegas including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Make sure that the music is loud enough that people can hear, but not too loud so they have to talk over the music.

These are just a few ideas to get you started in planning your next casino party. Because this type of theme party gets all the guests involved, it is a great way for your guests to get acquainted with one another and will not allow for any wallflowers. With a little creativity and advanced planning, your next casino party is sure to be a great success!

New Years Eve Party Ideas

Looking for a fun New Year's Eve party idea? Why not try a casino party? Casino parties are a popular & successful way to entertain guests at your New Year's Eve party. If you can't go to Vegas let us bring Vegas to you.

Blackjack, Poker, Roulette, Craps...all your favorite casino games are available. Don't know how to play? No problem. Our friendly casino party dealers will be all to happy to explain the rules, strategies etc.. of each game. You'll be playing like a Vegas pro in no time.

Games are played with funny money and cashed in at the end for raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes provide by the host.

Your friends will love the fun and excitement of casino games.

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Customer Appreciation Events

If you are the owner of a small or large business, you understand the importance of customers. After all, without these important contacts, you wouldn't have much of a business, right? Therefore, it's important that you take the time to make sure all of your customers feel appreciated from time to time. One of the best ways to do this is by hosting a customer appreciation event.

Customer appreciation events do more than just let your customers know how much you value them. These important events can also be used as powerful marketing tools used to help you obtain new customers or showcase new product and services to existing customers. It also gets your customers into your store or place of business for 3-4 hours. However, before your customer appreciation event will be successful, there are several things you will need to remember.

Plan Ahead - As with any important business event, a customer appreciation event must be planned out properly or else it won't be successful. The last thing you want to do is throw something together in a couple of weeks. This is especially true if you want to host a customer appreciation dinner or a customer appreciation party. Therefore, make sure you give yourself ample amount of time to plan. Many business owners allow six months or more when planning a business event such as this. You will need time to work out all the details including: what kind of event you are going to hold, where to hold the event, how many people to invite, etc.

Build Up the Anticipation - If you want your customer appreciation events to be successful, you have to get your customers excited about attending. Do this by talking about the event with customers, posting flyers, mailing out "Save-the-Date" postcards and follow up by mailing out professional invitations a week or two before the actual event. Offer ways for your customers to earn additional casino "funny Money". Also, consider offering customers who bring guests a discount on their next purchase.

Make It Fun and Enjoyable - More than likely, you've suffered through a boring event before. This is what you want to avoid. Therefore, you need to make sure you give your guests a reason to attend by making it fun. For example, everyone enjoys free food and drinks, as well as, fun casino night entertainment. Another good idea is to give away door prizes at the event, such as free products/services or gift cards to your store.

Corporate Casino Parties and Team Building Events

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Casino parties are a popular and successful way for companies to entertain their guests. It's all in fun, with no "REAL" gambling involved. Your guests wager with funny money and have a chance to win prizes based on their winnings.

We host casino nights and poker tournaments for corporate meetings, team building events and company holiday parties.

Casino parties add exciting fun for all kinds of corporate events:
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Sales Meetings and Conferences	Employee Appreciation Parties	Grand Openings
Customer Appreciation Parties	Company Holiday Parties	Company Picnics
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How to play roulette at a Casino Party

Rules of Roulette

First, a bit of history… Roulette was first played in France back in the 17th century. It is now one of the most popular European gambling games and Monte Carlo in Monaco is a well known and famous casino center for playing roulette.

Object of the Game:

To win at roulette the player needs to predict where the ball will land after each spin. This is by no means easy. In fact, luck plays an important part in this game. Some players go with the winning numbers calling them ‘hot’ numbers and therefore likely to come up more times. Others see which numbers did not come up for some time and bet on them believing that their turn is now due. Some players bet on many numbers to increase their chances of winning at every spin, but this way the payout is considerably reduced. Other methodical players use specific roulette systems or methods, money management systems, or both.

The Basics:

Players, usually between eight and fifteen, play against the house represented by the dealer, who spins the roulette wheel and handles the wagers and payouts. The wheel has 37 slots representing 36 numbers and one zero. In the USA most roulette wheels have two zeros and therefore 38 slots.

At the end of play, if you won, you exchange back the colored chips with cash chips. These are special chips with the value amount imprinted on them. There are several denominations in various colors. You then take these chips to the cash desk where they will give you actual cash money in exchange.

To play roulette, you place your bet or bets on numbers (any number including the zero) in the table layout or on the outside, and when everybody at the table had a chance to place their bets, the DEALER starts the spin and launches the ball. Just a few moments before the ball is about to drop over the slots, the croupier says ‘no more bets’. From that moment no one is allowed to place – or change – their bets until the ball drops on a slot. Only after the croupier places the dolly on the winning number on the roulette table and clears all the losing bets you can then start placing your new bets while the croupier pays the winners. The winners are those bets that are on or around the number that comes up. Also the bets on the outside of the layout win if the winning number is represented.

The Payouts for Roulette

A bet on one number only, called a straight-up bet, pays 35 to 1.
A two-number bet, called split bet, pays 17 to 1.
A three-number bet, called street bet, pays 11 to 1.
A four-number bet, called corner bet, pays 8 to 1.
A six-number bet, pays 5 to 1.
A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2 to 1.
A bet on the outside even money bets, pays 1 to 1.


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Wedding Reception Ideas

Looking for a great wedding reception idea or wedding reception party theme? Why not try a Casino or Poker Theme Party for your wedding reception? Casino Parties are a fun idea for any wedding reception. Entertain your wedding reception guests and all their friends at the party with quality casino or poker party fun. If you can't go to Vegas let us bring Vegas to you!

Blackjack, Poker, Roulette, Craps...all your favorite casino games are available. Don't know how to play? No problem. Our friendly casino party dealers will be all to happy to explain the rules, strategies etc.. of each game. You'll be playing like a Vegas pro in no time.

Games are played with funny money and cashed in at the end for raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes provide by the host.

Your friends will love the fun and excitement of casino games. Thank your guests by getting them beyond the boring reception line and into a crowd of people who really want to stay and enjoy the celebration.

We’ll bring the “Money Tree”. It is simply a bare tree. That’s right, a tree without any leaves on it.

We’ll hand the revelers $50.00 in chips (play money, of course) with this caveat: “If you lose the chips and want to keep playing, you must pin $10.00 on the ‘Money Tree’ to get the chips back” ($20.00 gets them $100.00 in chips).

They’ll catch the spirit in no time, and the ‘Money Tree’ starts to blossom. No prizes are awarded to the players. They simply pay to keep on playing beyond the first set of chips. And trust us, the tree will turn green in a hurry!
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How to play craps at a Casino Party

Rules of Craps

The Basics

Craps is one of the most exciting casino games. It is common to hear yelling and shouting at a craps table. It is played on a purpose-built table and two dice are used. The dice are made after very strict standards and are routinely inspected for any damage. As a matter of course, the dice are replaced with new ones after about eight hours of use, and casinos have implemented rules in the way a player handles them.

Playing Craps

The player must handle the dice with one hand only when throwing and the dice must hit the walls on the opposite end of the table. In the event that one or both dice are thrown off the table, they must be inspected (usually by the stickman) before putting them back into play.

The craps table can accommodate up to about 20 players, who each get a round of throws or at ‘shooting’ the dice. If you don’t want to throw the dice, you can bet on the thrower. Several types of bets can be made on the table action. The casino crew consist of a stickman, boxman and two dealers.

The first roll of the dice in a betting round is called the Come Out roll – a new game in Craps begins with the Come Out roll. A Come Out roll can be made only when the previous shooter fails to make a winning roll, that is, fails to make the Point or seven out.

A new game then begins with a new shooter. If the current shooter does make his Point, the dice are returned to him and he then begins the new Come Out roll. This is a continuation of that shooter’s roll, although technically, the Come Out roll identifies a new game about to begin.

When the shooter fails to make his or her Point, the dice are then offered to the next player for a new Come Out roll and the game continues in the same manner. The new shooter will be the person directly next to the left of the previous shooter – so the game moves in a clockwise fashion around the craps table.

The dice are rolled across the craps table layout. The layout is divided into three areas – two side areas separated by a center one. Each side area is the mirror reflection of the other and contains the following: Pass and Don’t Pass line bets, Come and Don’t Come bets, Odds bet, Place bets and Field bets. The center area is shared by both side areas and contains the Proposition bets.

Pass bets win when the come out roll is 7 or 11, while pass bets lose when the come out roll is 2, 3, or 12. Don’t bets lose when the come out roll is 7 or 11, and don’t bets win when the come out roll is 2 or 3. Don’t bets tie when the come out roll is 12 (2 in some casinos; the ‘Bar’ roll on the layout indicates which roll is treated as a tie).

The Bets You Can Make at Craps:

Pass Line Bet – You win if the first roll is a natural (7, 11) and lose if it is craps (2, 3, 12). If a point is rolled (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) it must be repeated before a 7 is thrown in order to win. If 7 is rolled before the point you lose.

Odds on Pass Line Bet – After a point is rolled you can make this additional bet by taking odds. There are different payoffs for each point. A point of 4 or 10 will pay you 2:1; 5 or 9 pays 3:2; 6 or 8 pays 6:5. You only win if the point is rolled again before a 7.

Come Bet – It has the same rules as the Pass Line bet. The difference consists in the fact you can make this bet only after the point on the pass line has been determined. After you place your bet the first dice roll will set the come point. You win if it is a natural (7, 11) and lose if it is craps (2, 3, 12). Other rolls will make you a winner if the come point is repeated before a 7 is rolled. If a 7 is rolled first you lose.

Odds on Come Bet – Exactly the same thing as the Odds on Pass Line bet except you take odds on the Come bet not the Pass Line bet.

Don’t Pass Line Bet – This is the reversed Pass Line bet. If the first roll of a dice is a natural (7, 11) you lose and if it is a 2 or a 3 you win. A dice roll of 12 means you have a tie or push with the casino. If the roll is a point (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) a 7 must come out before that point is repeated to make you a winner. If the point is rolled again before the 7 you lose.

Don’t Come Bet – The reversed Come Bet. After the come point has been established you win if it is a 2 or 3 and lose for 7 or 11. 12 is a tie and other dice rolls will make you win only if a 7 appears before them on the following throws.

Place Bets – This bet works only after the point has been determined. You can bet on a dice roll of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. You win if the number you placed your bet on is rolled before a 7. Otherwise you lose.

Odds on Place Bets – payoffs are different depending on the number you bet on. 4 or 10 will pay 9:5; 5 or 9 pays 7:5, and 6 or 8 pays 7:6. You can cancel this bet anytime you want to.

Field Bets – These bets are for one dice roll only. If a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 is rolled you win. A 5, 6, 7 and 8 make you lose. Field Bets have the following different payoffs: 2 pays double (2:1) while 12 pays 3:1. Other winning dice rollspays even (1:1).

Big Six, Big Eight Bets – Placed at any roll of dice these bets win if a 6 or 8 comes out before a 7 is rolled. Big Six and Big Eight are even bets and are paid at 1:1.

Proposition Bets – These bets can be made at any time and, except for the hardways, they are all one roll bets:
Any Craps: Wins if a 2, 3 or 12 is thrown. Payoff 8:1
Any Seven: Wins if a 7 is rolled. Payoff 5:1
Eleven: Wins if a 11 is thrown. Payoff 16:1
Ace Duece: Wins if a 3 is rolled. Payoff 16:1
Aces or Boxcars: Wins if a 2 or 12 is thrown. Payoff 30:1
Horn Bet: it acts as the bets on 2, 3, 11 and 12 all at once. Wins if one of these numbers is rolled. Payoff is determined according to the number rolled. The other three bets are lost.
Hardways: The bet on a hardway number wins if it’s thrown hard (sum of pairs: 1-1, 3-3, 4-4…) before it’s rolled easy and a 7 is thrown.
Payoffs: Hard 4 and 10, 8:1; Hard 6 and 8, 10:1

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