Category Archives: Promotion Insurance

At Odds On Promotions, we give you the ability to up the ante during your next game, contest, or promotion. For a small fee, you can offer fabulous prizes worth millions of dollars and if you have a winner, we pay for the prize.

Use one of our hundreds of proven promotions or create one of your own. We can provide prize insurance for ANYTHING! And, our “A+” Rated underwriting gives you peace of mind when someone wins, and it’s time for us to write the check.

Radio Station & Sponsor Run Promotions At Grocery Stores

Work for a TV or Radio Station? Be sure to take notes on this fabulous promotion, insured by a radio station in the Southeast, that teamed up with a beverage sponsor to run a Lucky Envelopes promotion at various grocery stores!

Here’s exactly how it worked: Over the span of a month, a member of the beverage sponsor’s “prize patrol” was sent to multiple stores with the goal of locating shoppers with a specific brand of beverage in their cart.  The first shopper who met the criteria that was spotted by the “prize patrol” was automatically selected to participate in a Lucky Envelopes promotion!

The lucky shopper selected at each store location got to select three envelopes, each of which had an insert that held various numbers, out of a total of 15.  If the 3 inserts within added up to 100 – the station’s call number, they could instantly become a $10,000 winner… and Odds On Promotions will be there to pay for prize!

Fun idea: If you plan on stealing this promotion idea, be sure to contact Odds On Promotions! We can create a custom gameboard in any shape (i.e. soda can, beer bottle, chip bag) which will display your envelopes in the most “attention-grabbing” manner possible!

In addition to giving shoppers the chance to win the big bucks, the radio station also gave away free prizes to shoppers including grocery store gift cards, iTunes gift cards, performing arts center gift cards, concert tickets… and even a 3 day/2 night stay at a local bed & breakfast!

Interested pitching this promotion to your favorite sponsor? We’ll be happy to help you craft a few concepts for you! Just give Odds On a call at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote and additional information/suggestions!  You can also email us at any time!

December Big Draw: Perfect for Casinos on New Year’s Day

Ever wish you could run your own lottery-style promotion, complete with an eye-popping, play-driving prizes? It’s never been easier with Odds On’s hottest Swipe, Play & Win game, The Big Draw!

Ideal for driving traffic even on those challenging December midweek days, players approach the touchscreen kiosk, swipe their card and pick 6 lucky numbers. The kiosk prints out a ticket featuring their name, their card number, their picks, and the next scheduled drawing time.

At the appointed day, time and hour, your staff will fire up “The Big Draw” machine, randomly selecting six winning numbers and awarding prizes based on the correct number of picks. When a lucky player matches all six numbers, they’ll score your grand prize, and Odds On Promotions will write the check.

Because this promotion is entirely customizable and completely flexible, you can run multiple drawings daily, one draw a week, or a month-long promotion that will end in a Multi-Million Dollar New Year’s Day Cash Extravaganza!

Want to offer giant prizes for getting five out of six ? We’ve got your back! What’s more, The Big Draw’s prize verification software and video reveal options make this promotion affordable and simple to execute for even the smallest of properties.

Give us a call at 888-827-2249 for more information and a free, no-obligation quote… or send us an email instead!

The New On Target Newsletter Is Here!

Odds On’s latest edition of their newsletter, On Target, is now available for download!  OnTarget features prize insurance winner stories, details about newly released promotions and more!

Want to subscribe to automatically receive a copy each quarter?  Click here and sign yourself up; it only takes a second!

Enjoy!  And as always, feel free to call us at 888-827-2249 or send us an email with any questions!

MiLB Team Insures $50K Consecutive Target Throw

Are you a baseball team looking to provide your fans with plenty of entertainment during one of your upcoming games?  Take it from this Minor League Baseball team: choosing one lucky fan to participate in a three consecutive target throw promotion will have the crowd going wild!

On the specified game date, one lucky fan chosen at random via ticket will have the opportunity to throw three baseballs — one after another — through a 15″ target opening.  If all 3 balls successfully make it through, then Odds On Promotions will be cutting them a check for $50,000!

 

Up the ante, just as this team did, and throw in another baseball promotion during game season as well for added excitement… a Homer Hole promotion, for instance!  There’s no limit to how many promotions you can insure in a season, after all.

And whatever you do, don’t let your fans go home empty-handed!  Smaller sponsor-insured prizes during a target throw or homer hole contest such as team-branded merchandise (hats, t-shirts, water bottles, balls, etc.) or a pair of free game tickets are just a few examples of what you can award your qualifier(s) with if they don’t win Odds On’s insured grand prize!

Ready to “play ball” and secure your own grand prize coverage during one, two or even all of your baseball games of the season?  Give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 and we’ll help custom-tailor a baseball contest that’s best suited for you!  You can also email us at any time and request a copy of our Top 6 Baseball Promotions PDF for more great ideas!

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Dressing Up Your Promotion: 3 Great Tips

Adding prize insurance to your company’s promotions is a great way to increase foot traffic and generate excitement among your consumers… but that’s just one secret to a successful promotion.  

Here at Odds On Promotions, we insure about 18,000 events a year … so trust us when we tell you, we’ve seen it all… from the small non-profit organization that knows how to make a new car drive thousands of dollars in donations, to the successful casino property that knows how to rock a game show.

Part of running a successful promotion includes taking the time to craft effective advertising and create an impactful presentation!

Here are three tips that will help make your next promotion an even bigger success…

1.)  Advertising
A giant prize is more effective when you advertise it!  Running an insured prize promotion?  That’s great!  How do you plan on advertising it?  Whether it’s traditional print advertising, an online banner or website ad, a TV/radio commercial or a direct mail piece,  you have to get the word out!  It may sound basic, but be sure to make your insured grand prize the focal point of the ad — use large and colorful eye-catching print — or if you’re a radio station, make the prize the focal point by emphasizing it in your speech.  And while you’re at it, don’t forget to include important information such as: the date of the promotion (and time, if applicable), location, and any qualifying processes being used… oh, and did we mention — don’t forget the description and value of the prize!

2.)  Visibility
Prize insurance is designed to drive traffic and make your promotion even more eye-catching … so the last thing you want is customers or contestants trying to figure out where they go to register, participate, or try and figure out where you’re holding the main event!  Make sure your promotion is clearly visible to the public eye.  Your insured promotion is something to take pride in; don’t merely shove it in the corner!

3.)  Presentation
Pay keen attention, because we’ve saved the best for last.  So you’ve adequately advertised your promotion and you’ve made sure to place emphasis on the visibility/location.  Good job!  Now it’s time to theme and decorate your promotion zone! (You weren’t seriously planning on just placing the game board in the middle of your casino floor and walking away, were you? ) Here’s what we we mean by “decorating your promotion zone”.  Let’s say you’re holding a St. Patrick’s Day-themed promotion.  Start by making a custom banner!  Don’t have the time or resources?  Then let us make a custom presentation banner for you!  Next, create a “scene” … Pick up holiday-related trinkets at places like The Dollar Store and adorn the scene of your promotion with life-sized shamrocks and “pots of gold”. Invite your staff to dress up like Leprechauns  – or hire a few “pros” have them interact with those who are qualifying for your promotion!  Work for a bar or pub?  Have the lasses and laddies at your location hand out a pint of Guinness to each lucky qualifier of your promotion!  The possibilities are endless… so get creative!  What kind of environment would get you to keep coming back for future promotions?

Questions?  Comments?  Have a favorite “promo tip” you’d like share?  Feel free to contact us!  Pick up the phone and dial 888-827-2249 or send us an email.