Category Archives: Radio/TV & Newspaper Contests

Odds On Promotions offers radio, television, and newspaper contests to engage your listeners, viewers, and readers.

Odds On’s Gingerbread Punchboard Promotion

Want to boost foot traffic at your location as the holiday season approaches?  Check out this cool new holiday-themed Gingerbread Punchboard Lucky Envelopes promotion!

The Gingerbread Punchboard template, as seen on the right, features your company’s logo at the top and 30 “punchable” numbers on the house.

Each number has a corresponding “lucky envelope.”  When a contestant selects the winning combination of numbers, they will win the ultimate holiday prize, $1,000,000!

And, because the holiday season is definitely not the time to let a customer go home empty-handed, the Gingerbread Punchboard game will give you the chance to award smaller self-insured prizes, such as gift cards, to any contestants who don’t “punch” a winning combination!

Here’s a few ways to use the punchboard based on your business…

Casinos:  Select a high-limit section on your casino floor and turn it into a “Winter Winnersland” where you’ll throw a Gingerbread Bucks Holiday Party for your rated-players, complete with lots of yummy holiday treats! Be sure to wrap up presents to give away to every player who attends your Punch & Prizes Holiday Party!  And don’t forget to award gift cards and cash as consolation prizes!

Radio & TV Stations:  Qualify your contestants online, on air or at a participating sponsor location for a chance to win a $50,000 holiday shopping spree at your “Punch For Prizes Holiday Party”.  On the day of your event, give a few lucky qualifiers the chance to punch for prizes.  Don’t forget to play Santa and award lots of station and sponsor loot for participating.

Retailers: Run a “best gingerbread house” contest on your Facebook page,  letting fans vote for their favorite.  Give the winner of your “best house” contest the chance to punch for prizes and score a $50,000 gift card courtesy of Odds On!

Have any questions about Odds On’s Gingerbread Punchboard?  In need of pricing?  Pick up the phone and give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or feel free to email us!

Radio Station To Hold Online “Spin the Wheel” Promotion!

Are you a radio station looking to somehow drive your listeners to your website?  Then you’ll love the promotion this Connecticut radio station is running!

Every day for two months, listeners will have a chance to visit the radio station’s website, which will host a virtual auto mall featuring 9 different dealerships.

Once at the virtual mall, listeners will visit various dealerships, looking for a  “Congratulations!” graphic which will give them a chance to spin a prize wheel and win up to $100,000… compliments of Odds On Promotions!

This promotion is ideal for businesses/organizations who are looking to drive traffic to their website, a sponsor’s website or to showcase a collection of businesses while collecting visitor data.

Want a free, no-obligation quote on an online “Spin the Wheel” promotion similar to this one?  Give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us!  We’d be glad to assist you!

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Steal This Idea!

Linda Thomson, Sports Promotion Specialist with Odds On Promotions, is here today to share a great idea that this MiLB Team had, which can be incorporated into your next “big hit” promotion!

At this particular MiLB stadium, a different Tom Cruise movie was featured during this outstanding 4-night baseball event and attendees were able to score some fun, movie-themed loot at the same time!

The first evening featured Top Gun, where each attendee was given a set of aviators.
The second evening was Risky Business, where everyone got a pair of tightie whities.
Night number three featured Cocktail — everyone got a shot glass.
The final night, number four’s theme was Jerry Maguire, where mini footballs were given.

Once an individual collected all 4 pieces, they were able to come back for “Cruise Night”, where one lucky participant would win a cruise!

Great promotion, right?  What could possibly make it any better?  An insured element, of course!  If you’re running a promotion, the last thing you want is to have to pay out any cash and/or prizes out of your own pocket… so why not leave the risk in the hands of Odds On?

The good news is that you don’t need to be a sports team in order to insure a promotion like this.  No matter what type of business/organization you may be, there’s a great way to turn a brilliant idea such as this one into an insured promotion.  All you have to do is use movies and/or themes that relate to your line of business!

For example, pubs and bars may want to use movies such as Coyote Ugly, Casablanca, Road House or Studio 54.  Keep customers coming back 4 nights in a row to participate in your promotion by giving away memorabilia such as a Fez (Casablanca), a cowboy hat (Coyote Ugly), a copy of Dirty Dancing (RoadHouse) and a miniature disco ball (Studio 54).  Those who have managed to collect all 4 items will be put into a drawing to see which 1 individual will come back to participate in a Pick ‘Til You Win promotion where participants have a chance to win 1 large-valued cruise and 2 smaller-valued cruises!   This same concept can be used for retailers and car dealerships alike — simply choose movies and tangible objects that correlate with your industry.

Casino properties can have a 50’s movie-themed promotion.  Come in on 5 specified dates during the month to collect a toy car with your casino logo (Grease), miniature fake ball and chain (Jail House Rock), white t-shirt (Rebel Without a Cause), pair of fuzzy dice (American Graffiti) and a casino chip with a smiley face on it (Pleasantville).  At the end of the month, those who have all 5 collectibles get to come back for a 50’s-themed VIP party where individuals will have a chance to participate in a Zoom Ball promotion.  If anyone sucks up 6 particular balls into the “zoom zone” (for instance, 5 displaying the Pleasantville smiley face, plus a mega ball which serves as a multiplier), they’re an instant $50,000 winner!

Are you a media professional looking to make a pitch to group of clients?  Why not create a series of remotes built around a group of movies, albums, concerts – you name it!  And then distribute various prizes at live events over the course of a few weeks, with a final “party” at the end of the promotion.

There are endless possibilities for creating a completely customized program based upon your products, your audience and your own creativity!   Give Linda Thomson, or any of our other sales reps a call today to learn more about building your onw  “Collect to Be a Qualifier ” contest. Pick up the phone and dial today at 800-771-0250 or email us.  Whether you’re looking for pricing information or just stumped and need some ideas, we’re to help you with all of your promotional insurance needs!

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Radio Station Runs Weather Promotion: Listeners Will Win Big When It Rains!

If you’re a radio station, then the last thing you want is to fall victim to low ratings or see a decrease in cumulative audience. 

And if you live in the state of Texas right now … you could use some rain.

Which is exactly why one Texas radio station is driving tune-in by giving fans the chance to win $1,000 each if it rains 2″ in a creative weather promotion insured by Odds On Promotions.   Here’s exactly how it works:

Callers will have a chance to register for the promotion online or at various sponsor locations.  Multiple times each day, the radio station will announce a registrant’s name.  That registrant will then have 10 minutes and 19 seconds to call in.  If they do, they’ll win some great swag (rain guage, car wash and umbrella) provided by the station and become a finalist.  By the end of the qualifying period, there will be a total of 101 qualifiers.  And if it rains on the actual insured promotion date..?  All 101 of those qualifiers instantly win $1,000!

Sure, it may seem like a long shot with the  drought-like conditions Texas is presently experiencing, but you never know when a torrential downpour is due (after all, Texas is funny that way).   And if that happens… 101 lucky people might just “float away” $1,000 richer and Odds On will be there to hand over the dough!

In fact, whether it’s rain, snow, a record heat wave or below freezing phenomenon… Odds On will insure any type of weather!  Give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us for more information and pricing.

And keep in mind: you don’t have to be affiliated with a radio station in order to insure a promotion like this — it works perfectly for retailers too!

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Attention: Radio Stations… Increase Your Listener Base!

Are you a radio station looking to increase your listener base and possibly add a little something extra to your programming this year?  Then you’ll definitely want to read about this great promotion that Cumulus Broadcasting is running with two popular college football teams during the football season!

Cumulus will be holding two separate on-air promotions – one for each football team, as both colleges are located within the same vicinity.  Callers will qualify a week prior to the specified promotion (game) dates by dialing in to the station and being the lucky caller.

During the respective team’s game, if a kickoff is returned for a touchdown, the prequalified caller will win a grand prize of $10,000… paid for by Odds On Promotions!

Give your listeners something to look forward to this year with one of Odds On’s great media promotions, like this one!  Give us a call at 888-827-2249 or send us an email for pricing and further information!