Category Archives: Seasonal Promotion and Contest Ideas

Contest and promotion ideas that help drive traffic to your location during a particular season, compliments of Odds On Promotions.

Lucky Envelopes Promotions for Every Business!

lucky envelopes - pumpkin pickScare 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.

 

lucky envelopes promotion - truck or treatTruck 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. 

 

 

 

lucky envelopes promotion - cauldronCauldron 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.  

 

 

lucky envelopes promotion - monster cashMonster 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!

Holiday Promotion Idea: Run a Giant Prize Easter Egg Hunt!

holiday promotion - easter egg hunt lucky envelopesCheck your calendar: Is there a big holiday coming up?  Then don’t just stand there — take action, like this car dealership in Missouri did, by using Odds On’s contest insurance to hold one heck of a winning holiday promotion!  Damien Anderson, Internet Business Development Manager with Odds On Promotions, is here with the full story.

To  increase donations for a local charity and boost attendance at a community Easter event, a Missouri-based car dealership teamed up with a non-profit organization that  focuses on child abuse prevention to insure a Pick ‘Til You Win-style Lucky Envelopes promotion!

Here’s how the holiday promotion worked: During the venue’s Easter Egg Hunt event, one lucky hidden egg contained a note, notifying the “egg hunter” that they had found the chance to  participate in the insured Lucky Envelopes contest!

holiday promotion - easterThe lucky contestant was then given the opportunity to open one of Odds On’s “Lucky Envelopes” at a time until they collected five matching symbols representing one of  3 different prizes.  If the five symbols the contestant collected first were the grand prize symbols, they would win a brand new 2013 Chrysler 200 (valued at $30,000), courtesy of the car dealership and paid for by Odds On!  The other two prizes available in the Lucky Envelopes contained smaller cash prize, which were self-insured by the contest sponsors.

Whether it’s a 4th of July conditional weather rebate promotion, Halloween-themed Video Scratch and Win promotion or a Christmas-time Zoom Ball promotion, we have a promotion for every occasion!  Pick up the phone and give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us for more holiday promotion ideas — or better yet, feel free to let us know if you have one of your own.  We’ll even throw in a free, no-obligation quote on your contest insurance policy for you!

 

Prize Coverage Helps Michigan Harley Dealership Achieve Results

prize coverage - prize vaultPromotions incorporating prize coverage, when used inconjuction with your regular advertising, can be a very effective tool for increasing foot traffic to your automotive or retail location.  It’s often so effective that some companies use prize coverage on a regular basis to ensure that they are getting the most out of every advertising dollar spent.

Prize Coverage Works for Harley Dealer

This February, the dealership contacted Odds On to insure a weekend-long prize vault promotion.  Each customer who visited the Harley dealership had a chance to enter a 5-digit number of their choice into the prize vault.  If that 5-digit number happened to match Odds On’s preselected grand prize 5-digit number, the lucky customer would  have won a brand new motorcycle, valued at $22,000… and Odds On would have written the check for the prize!

While no one managed to guess the winning combination of numbers, a large amount of traffic was directed to the dealership and much excitement was experienced by each and every customer who participated.  Because of this, the Harley dealership came back to Odds On Promotions, for another promotion featuring giant prize coverage.  For their second promotion during the month of March the dealership opted for a St. Patrick’s Day-themed “Pot O’ Gold” Video Scratch & Win promotion using Odds On’s new Lite kiosk!

prize coverage - pot of gold VSWOn St. Patrick’s Day weekend, customers who enter the dealership will have the opportunity to select 6 spots on the Video Scratch & Win game’s touchscreen.  If a customer happens to choose 6 spots, all of which contain a pot of gold symbol, they’ll be a brand new Harley owner!  The bike itself is worth $18,500… and Odds On Promotions will gladly pay for the prize should the “Luck of the Irish” be with any customer who manages to find those 6 lucky pots of gold!

Looking for prize coverage that will help your company increase traffic and sales?  Give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 and we’ll help you come up with a grand prize promotion which will achieve both goals!  All of our quotes are free and no-obligation!  Questions?  Feel free to email us any time!

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

march casino 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!

march casino promotionWhile 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!

Casino Promotion: EGGstravaganza of Cash and Prizes!

Casino properties: Are you looking for an EGGcellent casino promotion to run this Spring?  Looking to increase coin-in during a particularly slow period?  If the answer is ‘yes’ to either one of those questions, then Odds On has just the promotion for you, straight from a casino in Louisiana — Odds On’s portable, handheld Hot Seat Tablet promotion, “Eggstravaganza of Cash and Prizes!”

This Casino Promotion Will Surely Be An EGGstravaganza!

casino promotionDuring the month of March, each and every Saturday night, players will be chosen via hot seat to participate in the promotion.  A casino team member will bring the tablet to the player right at their gaming position and allow them to select 6 spaces on the handheld game’s touchscreen.  If all 6 spaces reveal an ‘egg’ symbol, they’ll be an instant $100,000 winner… and Odds On will pay for the prize!

As if that wasn’t exciting enough, the casino will be providing smaller, self-insured prizes for players who manage to locate fewer eggs based on the casino’s preferred prize distribution matrix.  For example, the property has requested that players locating 1 out of 6 eggs receive $2,000 cash; 2/6 eggs for $750 cash; 3/6 eggs for $1,000 cash;  4/6 eggs for $1,500 cash  and 5/6 eggs, $2,000 cash!  If a player doesn’t manage to reveal a single egg on the touchscreen?  No problem — they’ll still be leaving $250 richer!

Interested in insuring a Hot Seat Tablet promotion of your own?  Feel free to browse Odds On’s Video Scratch & Win Game Library, where all of our stock games can be found.  Finding that nothing really catches your eye?  Odds On can create and insure a custom video scratch and win tablet game for you!  Just pick up the phone and give us a call at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote… or simply email us for more information!