Author Archives: Amy Fanter

About Amy Fanter

Amy Fanter is the Marketing Writer/SEM for the Reno, Nevada-based insured prize promotions provider, Odds On Promotions and its sister company, Hole In One International.

Logistics Company Insures Online Promotion Worth $60,000

Odds On Promotions’ Internet Business Development Manager, Damien Anderson, walks through how one company is using an online promotion in a rather creative application.

When it comes to online promotions, Odds On Promotions has you covered. From sweepstakes to instant win games, Facebook contests to online prediction contests, we have something for everyone! More importantly, the games and contest we offer are easily customizable for use in a variety of applications. Here’s an example of how flexible Odds On’s contests are: a logistics company based out of the Midwestern United States is insuring a “Prize Vault” instant win online promotion to attract potential employees.

Flexible Online Promotions, Enticing Giant Prizes

With a goal of hiring 100 new employees, this Midwestern logistics company is using an online promotion, featuring a giant prize, to incentivize prospective employees to attend one of the company’s open house events, which will take place at 17 different locations nationwide.

At each of the open houses, attendees will get to play Odds On’s “Prize Vault” game, selecting a number between 0 and 99 on each of the game’s four dials. If all four numbers happen to match Odds On’s preselected randomly generated 6-digit number, that individual will walk away an instant $60,000 winner and Odds On Promotions will cut a check for the insured prize amount!

In addition to driving traffic and drawing attention to your organization, an online promotion is also an excellent way to gather demographic information from your participants and beef up your marketing database!

When you experience the demo of Prize Vault for yourself, you’ll see all of the information that can be captured and which will be sent to you after the end of the promotion: e-mail address, first and last name, mailing address and more … at no additional cost!

You can also require your contestants to use a ‘play code of the day’ which they will manually have to enter in, in order to participate in your insured online contest! The code can be contained in your TV, printing or radio advertising, posted at your business location, or incorporated into your email, web or social media sites.

Interested in insuring an online promotion of your own? Take a look at what all we have to offer. Looking for a customized online promotion? No problem! Pick up the phone and give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote. You can also email us with any questions.

Poker Contests: Great For Fundraising AND Insuring Prizes!

Believe it or not, poker contests don’t always need to feature playing cards. Check out how this non-profit organization in the Midwest is upping the ante with a lucky number promotion during their fundraising poker tournament!

Each poker tournament participant who pays an additional $10 will get to select a sequentially-numbered poker chip from a pile of 300 chips for a shot at $10K!

At the end of the tournament, the winner, if they had placed the additional $10 “bet” will give their lucky numbered chip to the promotion official who will then enter the number on the poker chip into Odds On’s mobile number verification system* to see if it’s a match. If the contestant’s chip number matches Odds On’s preselected number, they’ll be an instant $10,000 winner… and Odds On Promotions will cut the check for the prize!

Ready to “ante up” and insure one of our poker contests at your next poker tournament, fundraiser or other big event? Give Odds On Promotions a call for a free, no-obligation quote at 888-827-2249 or feel free to email us any time with any questions you may have. We’ll be sure to help you custom-tailor a promotion that will not only generate tons of excitement among your attendees, but assist you in your fundraising endeavors as well, if applicable!

*While this organization opted for the flexibility and portability of Odds On’s mobile number verification system, Odds On also offers a handheld number verification unit as well.

Fishing Promotion Gives One Contestant a Chance to Reel In $100K

Looking to “lure” more attendees to your next fishing tournament and “reel in” fundraising dollars in the process? This Maine nonprofit organization did exactly exactly that by insuring a giant prize fishing promotion during their “Fish for A Cure” event!

On the specified promotion date, anglers at this fishing tournament helped raise funds for cancer research with a state record weight contest. 1,000 anglers were given the opportunity to catch a “grand prize” Northern Pike in any/all bodies of water throughout the state. All anglers who caught Northern Pike would weigh in their catches at the scales at the end of the tournament. If one of the Northern Pike happened to beat the current state record weight of 31.2 pounds, they’d win $100,000, paid for by Odds On Promotions!

While unfortunately, no one ended up managing to beat the state record, money was still fundraised to help fund cancer research and much fun was had by all of the anglers that day.

Tourney TIP: Want to make your fishing derby a “reel” win/win? Incorporate a giant prize promotion into your next fundraising fishing tournament, and have the insured prize split between winning angler and the charity of your choice, 50/50!

Of course record weight promotions don’t only have to be insured by state — Odds On can also insure a world record weight promotion of your choice! Just give us the species you’d like to cover, and we’ll put together a quote on the promotion — it’s free and no-obligation!

Looking for some other great fishing promotion ideas? Check out our Top 5 Fishing Promotions PDF! See what happens to catch your eye and then give Odds On a call at 888-827-2249. You can also email us with any questions.

Basketball Promotion: $25K Football Target Throw

Wondering what a football has to do with a basketball promotion? Read on to find out…

Looking to run a more creative basketball promotion at your next game? One university in the Northern U.S., recently teamed up with a local appliance store to sponsor a football target toss promotion during a basketball game- generating big excitement among the school’s devoted fans!

A week prior to game day, fans had the opportunity to register online for a chance to have dinner with one of this university’s former Heisman Trophy winners, as well as score a pair of tickets to the big game!

Another lucky fan, also chosen via random online registration, received a big dollar opportunity: the chance to throw a football 25 yards through a target template placed in the middle of the basketball arena! If the lucky fan made it, the contestant would have been a $25,000 winner, and Odds On would have cut a check for the prize.

While unfortunately, there was no grand prize winner, a good time was still had by all and the fans in the stands couldn’t have been more excited to see one of their fellow supporters being given the chance to win big, compliments of Odds On Promotions!

Online Selection for Basketball Promotions Made Easy

While running a football-themed promotion at a basketball game is a creative way to engage fans, using an online registration process to select a contest participant is an effective way to drive traffic to your web and social media sites.

And Odds On Promotions’ customizable online contest registration makes it easier than ever to run an online to on-court or on-field contest. Simply choose from one of our stock registration designs, or let Odds On customize a registration form to highlight your organization or contest sponsor. Then simply place the game code on your website or social media page and start promoting your event. Contestants simply complete the online form, submit their entry, and receive a confirmation email. At the end of your registration period, you’ll simply select a winner – or if you prefer Odds On can do the honors.

Interested in learning more? Check out this online contest registration demo then give us a call today at 888-827-2249.

March Casino Promotion Idea: $100,000 Basketball Bracket Promotion

Are you ready to get your casino players pumped up for the NCAA Basketball Championship? Looking to draw a crowd and increase coin-in during the month of March while you’re at it? Then we have just the March casino promotion for you — a 2013 basketball bracket prediction promotion!

A casino property based in Nevada will be running a $100,000 Championship Challenge promotion for a 3-week period this March where qualifying players will have a chance to correctly predict a select number of the NCAA tournament winners. These guesses will be recorded by each player and submitted to Odds On Promotions.

If a lucky player gets 55-56 out of 60 guesses were correct, they will score $1,000. If a sports savvy player gets 57-59 out of 60 correctly, they’ll receive $25,000! And if one of their players gets ’em all right, they’ll win $100,000… compliments of Odds On.

Did You Know?: This March Casino Promotion Can Be Run Online As Well!

While submitted entries are the traditional method of running this type of promotion, Odds On also offers an Online Championship Challenge promotion. Not only is it a great way to collect valuable marketing information from your contestants, but Odds On will implement the contest on your website for you, making the promotion hassle-free! Even better every participant receives a second chance to win a self-insured prize with the promotions’ “Free Sweet 16 Pool” feature, which works to drive traffic to your website all tournament long.

Interested in receiving a free, no-obligation quote on a NCAA Championship Challenge promotion of your choice? Need another March casino promotion idea? Give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us for more information. We’ll help customize the promotion to your specifications to ensure that you get the most out of it as possible!

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