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About Kristen Carter

Kristen Carter was the Marketing Coordinator for Odds On Promotions and it's sister company, Hole In One International. From 2011-2013 and 2013-2021.

Big Prize Contest Ideas for Every Business

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Scratch & Win Promotion

In need of some contest ideas? How about giving everyone who visits your location the chance to score big prizes with one of Odds On’s standard or customizable Scratch and Win cards! A proven way to drive traffic and increase sales, customers simply scratch off surfaces to reveal symbols. When a lucky contestant unveils a winning combination of matching symbols, Odds On will be there to pay for your grand prize. Each card features a contact information form on the back to help you build your marketing database and/or run a post promotion guaranteed giveaway at your location.

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Online Register to Win Promotion

Give your customers the chance to win a house full of cash and prizes or a major home remodel, paid for by Odds On, with an online Home Improvement game. You’ll provide us with a selection of ten home improvement jobs (i.e.new windows, new flooring, new appliances, etc), and we’ll put them in a winning order. After completing an online registration form, contestants “drag and drop” the items on the list into a preferred order. If a lucky contestant puts the items in the winning order, they will win your grand prize, and Odds On Promotions will pick up the tab.

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Football Promotion

One of our most popular contest ideas. Drive sales while showing support for your favorite football team! It’s easy with Odds On’s Shut Out Payout and Return for Riches Conditional Rebate promotions. Just choose your team, or preferred game and hold a “Run it Back Rebate” or “Shut Out, Pay Out” sale, giving shoppers the chance to collect up to a 100% rebate if the opening or second-half kickoff is returned for a touchdown, or if the home team shuts out their opponent! If your team makes it happen, your lucky shoppers will get a big rebate, and Odds On will write a check for every purchase made during your sale.

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Sports Promotion Ideas To Boost Sponsor Visibility & Engage Fans

Fall Into a Great Promotion
And Let Odds On Write the Check

Looking to increase game day excitement, increase fan engagement, and generate bigger publicity while giving your sponsors more to cheer about? Give your fans the opportunity to kick, toss, or “like” their way to incredible prizes, paid for by Odds On Promotions, with these sports promotion ideas! Ready to get in the game? Give Sports Promotion Specialist, Linda Thomson, a call today at 800-771-0250, and she’ll be happy to develop a collection of custom contests for you and your sponsors, as well as supply you with more sports promotion ideas.

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Scratch, Match,  & Win Video Reveal

One of our personal favorite sports promotion ideas! Put the chance to win in every fan’s hand, while giving your sponsor incredible exposure before, during, and after the game with Odds On’s Scratch, Match and Win video board promotion. Odds On will customize a scratch card to feature your prize and your sponsor’s logos along with a custom coupon offer. Distribute the cards prior to the game, instructing fans to “scratch” off their cards and watch the video board at halftime. If the numbers on the fan’s card match the ones revealed on a customized video playback, a lucky spectator will win the big bucks, and Odds On will be there to pay for the prize.

Scratch, Match and Win Video Promotion

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Football: Pass, Punt & Kick

Give three fans the chance to go for the big bucks, or take home consolation prizes of increasing value with Odds On’s Progressive Pass, Punt and Kick. Three contestants line up behind the end zone, throwing their longest pass. The two who go the furthest move on to the punt and whoever punts the furthest gets a chance to kick it through the uprights and take home all the dough.

Pass, Punt and Kick Football Contest

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Soccer: Banner Bucks

Here’s a contest that provides great visibility for your sponsor during the half. Hang a custom banner over the front of the goal with five target holes, each featuring a different prize. If a lucky Sharp Shooter sends the ball soaring through a hole, they’ll score a big prize, courtesy of Odds On Promotions.

Soccer Sharp Shooter Contest

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Volleyball: Perfect Serve

Serve up great visibility for your sponsors and giant prizes for your fans with a Perfect Serve promotion. If a lucky fan can ace a shot through a customized target template featuring your school or sponsor’s logo, they’ll score your grand prize and Odds On Promotions will write the check!

Volley Ball Perfect Serve Contest 

Motorcycle Dealer Promotions for Your Location!

Drive traffic to your showroom while making your next event a big prize bonanza with a little help from one of Odds On’s motorcycle dealer promotions! From buzz-building social media and direct mail promotions designed to drive more customers to your location, to games and contests that will attract attention at your next tent show, expo or toy run, Odds On has an idea for you. Here are a few of our summer and fall favorites. Have another idea or looking for more options? Let Odds On help: give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us for more motorcycle dealer promotions!

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Heat The Streets
Scratch & Win Cards

Blue Springs, Missouri – This Spring, Blue Springs Harley-Davidson gave their customers the chance to win $25,000 paid for by Odds On, in a series of rewarding Scratch Card promotions.

Using one of Odds On Promotions’ customizable cards, the dealership handed out cards to drive traffic two ways: for promoting the dealership on social media, all social shares received a card, and as a bonus for making qualifying purchases. Along with the $25,000 insured prize, the dealership also offered customers the chance to win a self-insured $500 shopping spree via a random drawing utilizing the registration form on the back of the card.

Scratch Card promotions are easy to implement. Simply select a grand prize and invite customers to scratch off six spots. If a lucky contestant locates a winning combination of symbols, Odds On will be there to pick up the tab.

Heat the Street Scratch & Win Card

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Promotional Slot Machine

Just imagine the traffic you’ll get this holiday season when you invite consumers to your Holiday or Tent sales event for the chance to win a jumbo jackpot! With Odds On’s customizable Prize Slot, you can give everyone who visits your showroom or takes a test drive the chance to spin the reels and win a new set of wheels – or one of 5 self-sponsored consolation prizes, simply by pressing a button. And when the paytable says you’ve got a grand prize winner, Odds On will be there to write the check! Ideal for use during tent shows, as well as, trade shows and motorcycle expos.

Motorcycle-themed Promotional Prize Slot

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Video Scratch & Win

Want more foot-traffic on Black Friday? With one of Odds On Promotions’ Video Scratch and Win Games, you can give everyone who visits your store, the chance to score the ultimate holiday reward: a $50,000 holiday shopping spree, paid for by Odds On. Customers simply approach the table-top game and select six squares on the touchscreen grid. If they find six winning symbols, they’ll score your grand prize, and Odds On will write the check. Award pre-holiday shopping discounts and/or post-holiday bounce-back offers for finding fewer “winning symbols” in order to drive repeat visits.

Motorcycle-themed Video Scratch and Win Game

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Dice Roll

One of our most popular motorcycle dealer promotions! This holiday season why not give your customers the chance to roll in and win big with a Holiday Harley Dice Roll. If a lucky customer can roll six dice and spell H-A-R-L-E-Y, they’ll win a new ride, and Odds On Promotions will write the check. Perfect for toy runs, as well as, in-store special events.

Motorcycle Dice Roll Promotions

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Lucky Hand Poker Run

Motorcycle dealer promotions can make great fundraisers! Planning a Toy or Poker Run? Then you’ve got to check out Run for the Money, Odds On’s Lucky Hand Poker Run promotion. As with any poker run, contestants go to your predetermined stops and select a playing card at each location. At the final location, contestants enter their “lucky hand” using a touchscreen. If their hand matches the preselected winning hand, Odds On pays for the grand prize! Even better, Lucky Hand Poker Run automatically ranks all the hands, making it easy to hand out self-sponsored prizes.

Lucky Hand Poker Ride Promotion

Autumn Casino Promotions for Your Property

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Big Spins for Big Prizes

Ready for a whole new spin on football promotions? Check out Pigskin Spin, one of our most popular Autumn casino promotions. Qualify players to spin our football-themed Super Prize Wheel to see how many yards they can move “downfield”. If a lucky player advances exactly 100 yards in 4 spins, they’ll score a TOUCHDOWN and win your grand prize—paid for by Odds On!

New this year – optional package allows you to run head-to-head match-ups during the week for self-insured prizes! The Super Prize Wheel offers customizable back-lit prize panels, a crowd-pleasing 40″ LCD display, LED lights, and a tidy 3′ W x 4′ D x 9′ H footprint.

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Pick ‘Em & Win

Need to drive play and visits this fall? Give it the old college try, with Odds On’s college football pick ’em promotion, College Football Challenge! Players get one free chance per day to pick the winners of Saturday’s games and can earn bonus picks for earning points.

Odds On can insure a prize of up to $1,000,000, and is available on a variety of kiosk platforms to suit any floor plan or budget.

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$100,000 eGameboard

This Fall, give your players the chance to ride the rails to big riches with Odds On’s e-Game Board promotion, Fall Into Cash. Qualified players select “leaves” on the game’s eye-popping 80″ screen, unveiling various dollar amounts. If the total value revealed by your contestant adds up to $1,000, they win the grand prize, up to $1,000,000, paid for by Odds On Promotions. Or, they will take home the total dollar value they accumulated as their reward for playing. This game is available on a variety of kiosk platforms as well as a handheld tablet so you can bring a winning experience right to your players at their gaming positions.

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Need more ideas for Autumn casino promotions? Give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 and one of our experienced promotion specialists will be sure to help you out!

Dollar Bill Games a Success for Bristol Broadcasting

dollar bill gamesThis April and May, Bristol Broadcasting ran a pair of Dollar Bill Games, giving station listeners the chance to win up to $10,000, paid for by Odds On Promotions. During selected dayparts, the Nth designated caller got the chance to match the numbers on their dollar bill with a set of pre-selected numbers featuring the station’s call sign. The caller received $100 for being the lucky caller, then received additional cash prizes based on how many numbers they matched. If a caller had six matching numbers they would win the grand prize, and Odds On would pick up the check.

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Interested in obtaining more information about Odds On’s Dollar Bill Games? Give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us for a free, no-obligation quote!