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Increase market share and advertising revenue with a giant-prize radio station contest or promotion from Odds On.

Autumn Promotion Ideas For Every Business, Compliments of Odds On!

Ready to scare up more business with some Autumn promotion ideas from Odds On? Odds On Promotions offers a variety of sales and traffic driving promotions, featuring larger than life prizes, that are designed to capture attention and help you close more sales. And when you have a big winner, Odds On will be there to pay for the prize! Check out a few favorite Fall promotions below, then click the links for more info or to obtain a free, no-obligation quote… or give us a call today at 888-827-2249!

Countdown to Kickoff
Are you ready to score big points with football fans? Odds On’s Pick 6 Football promotion is a fun, easy and customizable way to give everyone the chance to win big for a very affordable price! Customers simply select 6 spots on the tablet’s touchscreen and win prizes based on how many winning symbols are revealed. If they locate all 6 winning symbols, they’ll score your grand prize – up to $100,000! Be sure to check out more football promotions we have to offer.

Oktoberfünds
Celebrate the 180th Oktoberfest by giving your customers the chance to win $180,000 or an all-expenses paid trip for 4-6 people with Odds On’s Oktoberfunds promotion. Odds On will ship you a set of our Lucky Envelopes, which you’ll place inside of beer steins. If a lucky contestant can pick the winning “brew”, they’ll win a wünderbar prize and Odds On will write the check. Be sure to look at some of our other October promotions!

Black Friday Bonanza
Drive traffic to your website, social media page or brick and mortar locations this November by giving shoppers the chance to win everything on their holiday wish list with Odds On’s Lucky List promotion. You’ll select between 7 and 10 incredible prizes, such as $500 gift cards, 3-D televisions, all-expense paid vacations, brand new cars, you name it – and we’ll put them in a secret order. If one of your contestants can put your list of prizes in just the right order, Odds On will play Santa and give them everything on their list! Need more Autumn promotion ideas? We’ve got ’em!

Radio Promotion Ideas: Here’s One – Million Dollar Birthday Match!

Looking for radio promotion ideas for your station? Want to generously award dedicated listeners with a grand prize by utilizing Odds On’s affordable prize insurance?

Here’s a classic that can be customized to suit any budget and offers a prize big enough to engage any audience member: Odds On’s Million Dollar Birthday Match! We’ll pick the day, month and year, while you identify sponsors, select consolation prizes and qualify your listeners. If the Nth caller’s birthday matches our preselected date, they’ll win the grand prize and Odds On Promotions will write the check! Online contest verification available.

For more information on Odds On’s Birthday Match promotion, visit our website and then submit a quote request. Or pick up the phone and call us at 888-827-2249 today for a free, no-obligation quote! Keep in mind that our Birthday Match promotion can be insured for any prize amount up to $1,000,000. Just let us know what prize value you’d like to go with!

P.S. Need more radio promotion ideas? No problem! We’ve got you covered.

Radio Promotions: Off-site, On-Air… Big Prizes, Big Results!

Wondering exactly how a big prize radio promotions can benefit your business?

This spring and summer, Chris Gardiner, Northeast & Midwest Business Development Manager with Odds On Promotions, been working with a broadcasting company based in the Midwest that is running two radio station promotions, both of which are utilizing prize indemnity insurance.

In support of the radio station’s Spring promotion and a Country concert, Odds On’s custom Video Scratch and Win game, “Mega Money Machine”, was taken to nineteen different sponsor locations during various live appearances.

Listeners at each location each got the chance to choose 6 spots on the game’s touch screen. If all six happen to reveal “stacks of cash” symbols, then the contestant would be awarded the insured grand prize of $98,000, paid for by Odds On Promotions! Smaller prizes could also be won by listeners who manage to reveal fewer winning symbols:

concert meet and greet passes
stadium blankets
t-shirts
drawstring sports packs
2 GB memory sticks
grocery totes
bottle koozies
“preferred seating” at the concert

Prizes galore; everyone leaves a winner!

On-Air Radio Promotions Too…

In addition to the live appearance Video Scratch and Win promotion, the radio station is also insuring an on-air Playlist Payoff promotion, where select callers will have the opportunity to choose from three of thirty songs on a list, each of which are correlated with a number. If the caller correctly selects the “top 3” songs, preselected by Odds On Promotions, they’ll instantly win — you guessed it — $98,000, compliments of Odds On’s prize coverage!

Two separate promotions, nineteen sponsor locations, multiple chances to win, one big Spring and Summer … worth over $196,000 in cash and prizes! Talk about ear-candy!

Interested in creating a radio promotion for you station – or group – that will get listeners tuning in to win? Want more information on insuring one of the above promotions? Feel free to email us or just give us a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote!

Fall Promotion Ideas for Every Business!

Looking Fall promotion ideas that will drive more traffic during your “No Sales Tax Weekend” or “Back to School” sale? Want to make your Labor Day Sale a “not to be missed” event or throw a spooktacular Halloween celebration? Check out some of our most popular seasonal promotions below, and then give us a call today at 888-827-2249 for more Fall promotion ideas for your business.

Cauldrons of Cash and Prizes
Scare up more business this October with a Truck or Treat, Lucky Pumpkin Pick, or a Cauldron of Cash and Prizes promotion! Odds On will send you a set of our Lucky Envelopes each containing a prize symbol, which you’ll place on display inside black plastic cauldrons or little orange pumpkins. If a lucky contestant can select the envelopes holding the winning combination of symbols, Odds On Promotions will treat them to your giant prize!
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Football Season
Are you ready to score big points with football fans? Want to give your customers the chance to kick, toss or text their way to incredible prizes? Looking to increase sales, support the home team or make a big splash at the big game? Odds On Promotions can help! Email or give us a call today for a copy of our Football Promotions Playbook!
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Shop, Spin & Win
Reward shoppers during your Tax-Free or Back to School Sale with the chance to win cash and prizes, paid for by Odds On Promotions with a Shop, Spin & Win promotion. Distribute play codes during your sale, directing shoppers to your web or social site to enter their code for a chance to Spin & Win more prizes. If a lucky shopper has the winning touch, they’ll win your grand prize, and Odds On will pick up the tab. Perfect for awarding discounts and post-sale bounce-back offers.
Shop, Spin, and Win

Lucky Envelopes Promotions for Every Business!

Scare up more traffic and sales this October with a Lucky Envelopes promotion! Not only are Lucky Envelopes a fun and affordable way to reward customers, drive traffic, and create a buzz about your business, but they can easily be customized to suit any situation, business, budget or event …

It all starts with selecting the right Lucky Envelopes game and the attention-getting grand prize of your choice.

Check out a few of our favorite October Lucky Envelope promotions below…

Simple & Affordable: The Lucky Pumpkin Pick …
It doesn’t get any easier than this! Purchase a bunch of plastic trick-or-treat “pumpkins” and create a “Patch of Cash and Prizes” display. Place a Lucky Envelope in each pumpkin. If a lucky contestant picks the right pumpkin, they’ll score your grand prize. Or take home a smaller consolation prize.

Truck or Treat Promotion: Qualify 2 contestants in any manner you choose and then give them each the chance to select from a series of Halloween “treat” bags placed on display. Inside each bag you’ll place a Lucky Envelope that contains either the word “Treat” and a number (dollar value) or the word “Truck”. Your contestants will each pick a bag and simultaneously open their “envelopes”. If they pick just right, they’ll each bag a new truck – paid for by Odds On. Or, they’ll take home the self-sponsored consolation prize. This promotion can be adjusted to suit any budget and feature your choice of grand or consolation prizes… up to $1,000,000.

Cauldron of Cash and Prizes: In this Lucky Envelope game, which features an optional customizable gameboard, qualifying contestants get to select three Lucky Envelopes, each of which holds a dollar amount. If the total adds up to $100, they’ll score $100,000, paid for by Odds On! Or, they will take home the total of the dollar amount as a self-sponsored consolation prize. Again, prizes and totals can be customized (i.e. $310 or $1,300, etc) to suit your budget and event.

Monster Cash! Ready to go big with your next Lucky Envelopes promotion? Check out Monster Cash, where if a lucky contestant finds a winning combination of monsters, they’ll score one of three monster cash prizes! Here’s how it works! Odds On will ship you a customizable game board and one set of Lucky Envelopes for every contestant. Inside each Lucky Envelope is one of three different “monster” symbols, each representing one of the three prizes you’d like to give away – one insured grand prize and two self-sponsored consolation prizes. Contestants then select and open Lucky Envelopes until they have collected 5 of any single symbol, winning the indicated prize. If they pick just right, they’ll bag your grand prize – insurable for up to $1,000,000, and paid for by Odds On. Again, this promotion can be adjusted to suit any budget and feature your choice of grand or consolation prizes.

Interested in learning more about a Lucky Envelopes Promotion?

Email or give us a call today at 888-827-2249.

P.S. Need a Halloween alternative? Ask about our Feathers of Fortune game!
P.P.S. Want more Halloween promotion ideas? Check out these spooky alternatives!

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