Category Archives: Basketball Contests & Promotions

Create excitement, generate publicity, and develop more effective sponsorship packages with a giant-prize basketball contest or promotion from Odds On.

Casino Basketball Promotion Ideas: How Can We Help You?

While the NCAA Basketball Championship has come and gone, I have great news for those of you looking for casino basketball promotion ideas for next year: A few months ago, I helped a casino property in the Southern U.S. to insure an NCAA score prediction promotion! Feel free to steal…

Here is how the promotion worked – players who earned at least 25 points on their player’s card during the four days prior to the promotional date were given the opportunity to predict the final score in the April 6th NCAA semi-final game.

Out of all the players participating in the promotion, five ‘finalists’ were chosen via a registration form. These five players had a chance to win $10,000, paid for by Odds On Promotions, if their game score predictions for each and every team happened to be correct come the day of the semi-final game!

It’s important to remember that score prediction promotions aren’t limited to basketball — you have the freedom to theme your casino promotion around any big event: Super Bowl, The World Series, The Masters … you name it!

Just give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 and one of our marketing specialists will provide you with a free, no-obligation quote and any questions you may have about casino sports promotions.

Need More Casino Basketball Promotion Ideas?

We’re here to help! For more casino basketball promotion ideas, email us today and we’ll help you come up with a promotion that’s sure to ‘score’ you more foot traffic and coin-in for your casino property!

Basketball Contests Insured at Trade Show Event: $55,000 In Prizes!

Planning on attending an upcoming trade show event? Looking for a fabulous promotion idea — or better yet, multiple promotion ideas? Zak Woodhead, Risk Manger with Odds On Promotions, is here to encourage you to check out the basketball contests that this Home Builder & Remodelers Association (HBRA) in the Northeast insured during a trade show event!

During this two-day-long promotion, the HBRA insured a trio of basketball contests: a half court shot contest, a series shootout promotion and a three point thrills contest.

During the half court shot contest, one attendee was selected at random to make a basket from the half court line. If they ended up shooting and scoring, they would have driven home in style… in a brand new vehicle valued at $35,000, paid for by Odds On!

Another random attendee was selected to participate in a series shootout promotion, in which the lucky attendee got a total of 25 seconds to make a lay-up, a shot from behind the free-throw line, a shot from behind the three-point line and a shot from behind the half-court line. If all four prize shots were successfully made within the allotted amount of time, then that particular attendee would have been an instant $10,000 winner… again, compliments of Odds On.

Finally, a third attendee was selected to participate in the three-point thrills contest. The attendee had 25 seconds to make ten shots, five of which were three-pointers, from various locations on the basketball court. If they succeeded? Another $10,000… and Odds On would have written the check!

While unfortunately, there were no winners, fun was had by all. Interested in insuring multiple basketball promotions of your own? Interested in any other sport(s)? Give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote. You can also email us with any questions you may have!

March Basketball Madness: An Online NCAA Bracket Promotion!

Looking for a way to capitalize on the March basketball madness, also know as the NCAA Men’s Championship Tournament, while increasing website traffic and gathering marketing information for your company’s database in the process? Want to award your customers, fans and/or players big for assisting in doing so? Then you’ll definitely want to know all about Odds On’s Online Championship Challenge basketball prediction promotion!

This “set it and forget it” online promotion makes running a rewarding basketball contest truly hassle-free! The contests includes a $1,000,000 grand prize that’s paid for by Odds On, a free second-chance Final 16 contest that keeps customers engaged until the end of the tournament, and a customizable interface featuring your logo and the ability to award self-insured prizes to both top-scoring and randomly selected contestants!

This particular March basketball promotion is on fire this season! In fact, we have quite a few clients who are embracing The Madness … among them, a casino property based out of the Midwest and a baseball team (yeah, that right, baseball) in the Southeast!

Both promotions, however, are unique in their own way…

The casino property will be having players pick up a unique promo code at the casino and then return the following day to access the online bracket and make their picks. Exclusive cash drawings will occur every hour as an incentive to keep players on-site. If any of the players end up guessing a select number of bracket winners, they’ll win $100,000 and Odds On will pick up the tab!

Meanwhile, the minor league baseball team will be insuring the promotion in order to stay engaged with their fans via their website, awarding the winner $50,000, paid for by Odds On. But that’s not all — if a lesser number of picks are accurately guessed, there will be smaller prizes of $5,000 (also paid for by Odds On) as well as a client-insured prize of $500!

Join In On The March Basketball Madness!

Interested in running a March or April basketball promotion tied to the Men’s Championship? Email us today for a copy of our Top 5 Basketball Tournament promotions! Better yet, give us a call today 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote! If you have any other questions, you can also email us at any time.

March Promotion Idea: Men’s Basketball Tournament Lucky Envelopes!

Here’s a fun March promotion idea that can help you tap into the excitement surrounding the NCAA Basketball Tournaments: a “Pick the Finalists” Lucky Envelopes contest.

This March promotion can be run a few different ways. For example, you can have a lucky contestant take a shot at picking the final 4 teams of the tournament by selecting four Lucky Envelopes from a total of 64 Lucky Envelopes each containing the name of one of the teams. If the four team names inside the envelopes match the final four finalists, they’ll score your grand prize, paid for by Odds On Promotions!

Want the odds to be more in your contestants’ favor? Then have your contestants choose 4 of 16 envelopes in a “Super 16” format, where they’ll attempt to collect envelopes possessing inserts which contain one of the 16 teams. Again, if they can successfully choose the envelopes with the final few team names, they’ll be awarded the grand prize and Odds On will cut the check for the prize!

In both instances you will want to award secondary prizes of increasing value based on how many correct team names were collected. Check out our “Net Big Cash” game board that’s featured in this blog post for a better presentation for your promotion and feel free to contact us for a free quote!

Interested in a customized basketball Lucky Envelopes promotion or basketball game or in getting a quote on another March promotion idea? Give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote!

Basketball Promotion: $25K Football Target Throw

Wondering what a football has to do with a basketball promotion? Read on to find out…

Looking to run a more creative basketball promotion at your next game? One university in the Northern U.S., recently teamed up with a local appliance store to sponsor a football target toss promotion during a basketball game- generating big excitement among the school’s devoted fans!

A week prior to game day, fans had the opportunity to register online for a chance to have dinner with one of this university’s former Heisman Trophy winners, as well as score a pair of tickets to the big game!

Another lucky fan, also chosen via random online registration, received a big dollar opportunity: the chance to throw a football 25 yards through a target template placed in the middle of the basketball arena! If the lucky fan made it, the contestant would have been a $25,000 winner, and Odds On would have cut a check for the prize.

While unfortunately, there was no grand prize winner, a good time was still had by all and the fans in the stands couldn’t have been more excited to see one of their fellow supporters being given the chance to win big, compliments of Odds On Promotions!

Online Selection for Basketball Promotions Made Easy

While running a football-themed promotion at a basketball game is a creative way to engage fans, using an online registration process to select a contest participant is an effective way to drive traffic to your web and social media sites.

And Odds On Promotions’ customizable online contest registration makes it easier than ever to run an online to on-court or on-field contest. Simply choose from one of our stock registration designs, or let Odds On customize a registration form to highlight your organization or contest sponsor. Then simply place the game code on your website or social media page and start promoting your event. Contestants simply complete the online form, submit their entry, and receive a confirmation email. At the end of your registration period, you’ll simply select a winner – or if you prefer Odds On can do the honors.

Interested in learning more? Check out this online contest registration demo then give us a call today at 888-827-2249.

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