Category Archives: Football Contests & Promotions

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

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.

Super Bowl Promotion Results in $900,000 Win for Customers

super bowl promotion - winners Thanks to a Super Bowl promotion, on February 3, 2013 when Jacoby Jones entered the end zone at the start of the second half of the Super Bowl, hundreds of people throughout the country scored cash, prizes, and free merchandise. And Odds On Promotions is already writing the checks!

“Covering big prizes and attention-grabbing promotions is our business. These promotions are doing exactly what they are designed to do … generating increased awareness, publicity, traffic and sales for our clients. We are very pleased to play a role in our customers’ success,” said Mark Gilmartin, President of Odds On Promotions. “Big offers motivate consumers to take action, and when there are winners, it’s actually good for our business. We’re already looking forward to baseball season, where we expect to cover a record number of ‘No Hitter, No Payment’ sales.”

Read the entire Odds On Promotions press release. Then pick up the phone and give us a call at 888-827-2249 to set up a big prize promotion for your business.

Prize Coverage Pays Off: Big Play Leads to Big PR for Furniture Store

For Maryland retailer Gardiners Furniture, Jacoby Jones’ second half kickoff return was more than just a big play for the home team Baltimore Ravens. That’s because Gardiners turned to Odds On Promotions for prize coverage on a conditional rebate promotion for their Super Sunday sales promotion where anyone making a furniture purchase got the chance to get a 100% rebate if the Ravens returned the opening or second half kickoff for a touchdown.

You can watch this video or read more about this incredible promotion at:

The Baltimore Sun
Furniture Today
NBC Sports
CBS Sports
USA Today

Then give Odds On a call today to get started on a “No Hitter, No Payments” sale just in time for Major League Baseball’s Opening Day!

Online Prediction Contest Insured by Radio Station

Looking to stir up a bit of buzz in your market while driving traffic to your website? Chris Gardiner, Northeast and Midwest Business Development Manager, shares how one Philadelphia sports station combined a giant prize with a crazy contest, in order to make a losing season a little less disappointing (and a whole lot more rewarding) for football fans …

Online Prediction Contest: Three Guesses for $10,000!

For 5 days this December listeners of a Philadelphia sports radio station were directed to the station’s website to enter their email address and take their best guess as to who the next Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator and Defensive Coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles would be… even though the current coach hadn’t yet been sacked! On the final day of the promotion, 5 lucky registrants were selected to become eligible for a chance to win the insured prize: $10,000, compliments of Odds On!

And now we wait … until May 1, 2013, when it’s expected that the three positions will have been filled and if any of those 5 lucky contestants has selected a winning combination of names, they will score $10,000 paid for by Odds On Promotions.

As you can see, your online prediction contest can be based around, well, anything! So, whether you want your listeners to predict winners of the GRAMMY Awards, Academy Awards, or the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, Odds On can customize an online prediction contest for you within minutes!

Want to learn more about this promotion? Give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249.

Media Promotion Ideas for the Months of February and March

Need some quick media promotion ideas? Are your Super Sunday plans in place? All ready for the madness that is March Men’s Basketball? Need a last minute promotion for President’s Day, Mardi Gras, or St. Pat’s? Odds On has got you covered!

Check out these super easy last minute media promotion ideas for February and March, or give us a call today at 888-827-2249, and we’ll help you custom-design a contest to suit your client, budget and sales objectives. Simply click the name of the contest below to request more information via email!

Mardi Gras Millions
Need a last minute idea for a restaurant or bar this February? How about giving someone the chance to be a Mardi Gras Millionaire? Odds On will send you a set of 40 Lucky Envelopes, each holding a strand of colored beads worth different prizes (e.g. purple beads for $250, green beads for $500 and gold beads for $10,000). Your lucky contestant will select and open envelopes until they find five matching strands of beads, winning the indicated prize.

Easy Money March
A favorite among our media promotion ideas! Choose from our stock or customizable Easy Money cards and distribute cards at your next live appearance to increase traffic, sales and excitement. Fans simply scratch off a predetermined number of squares, revealing different symbols. When they unveil a winning combination of symbols, Odds On will be there to pay for the prize!

Scoreboard Payoff
Looking for a fast, easy and rewarding way to make everyone feel like a winner during basketball season? Look no further than Scoreboard Payoff pull tab cards. Simply select any two basketball games and distribute the cards prior to tip-off. Players then pull off the card’s tabs to reveal a set of numbers for both games. If the last digit of each teams’ scores match both halves of the two games, they’ll score $25,000. Match any three of four scores, and the lucky card holder will win $1,000. Both prizes paid for by Odds On Promotions.

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