Category Archives: Sports Contests and Promotions

Sports contests and promotions for every business, from basketball half-court shots to football perfect punts into the bed of a pickup truck.

3 Bowling Promotion Ideas

Put on your bowling shoes and grab your best ball — bowling season is right around the corner!

Whether you plan on insuring candlepin bowling promotions or duckpin bowling promotions, Odds On has has a plethora of bowling promotions suited especially for you that can help increase foot traffic to your location and add some extra excitement to your bowling leagues!   Here are 3 to help give you some ideas:

1. 300 Game
This promotion, while very straight-forward, is still a big hit among the bowling crowd!  Bowl a perfect game (300 points), win a grand prize… compliments of Odds On Promotions!

2. Bowling Predictions
Predictions make great promotions.  Give bowlers the chance to predict the total number of strikes in a game, series, or season… or the series or final average of the players on their team.  Anything yet to be determined will work. When the future is unveiled, Odds On will be there to write the check!

3. 7-10 Split
Odds On’s most popular bowling promotion to date!  Give your contestants a chance to pick up the spare.  When a contestant successfully knocks down a machine-placed 7-10 split, Odds On will deliver the goods!

Not sure what the difference between candlepin bowling and duckpin bowling?  Here’s an easy way to remember it:

Candlepins are long and narrow… like a candle.

Duckpins are shorter and wider… like the body of a duck!

Want further information and pricing on one of these promotions?  Need more ideas?  Send us an email or give us a call at 888-827-2249 and we’ll help get you set up!

Happy Bowling!

West Coast Casino Runs Pro Football Challenge Promotion

This West Coast casino property was ready for some football this season and decided to increase club memberships and drive daily foot traffic and play with a swipe, play and win football “pick ’em” promotion called Pro Football Challenge, designed by Odds On Promotions!

This particular promotion will run all season long and features a $1,000,000 prize for anyone who picks 205 winners out of all the Sunday and Monday NFL games throughout the season.

Searching for a last-minute football promotion you can implement this season?  While Pro Football Challenge has already kicked off, Odds On has dozens of other rewarding football contests that will help you drive traffic in any venue.  Be sure to inquire about our Scoreboard Payoff pull-tabs!  Scoreboard Payoff pull-tabs give you the opportunity to give away up to $25,000 in cash and prizes… and the best part is that they’re both effective and affordable!

It’s not too late!  Give us a call at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote or email us if you have any questions!

UPDATE: $20K in Donations Made to Minnesota Youth Hockey – Minnesota Youth Hockey to Benefit from 11 Year Old’s Miracle Shot

RENO, Nev., August 29, 2011 – Odds On Promotions, the Reno, Nev. based promotions company that insured the hockey shot made by 11‐year‐old Nate Smith in place of his identical twin brother Nick, will make a $20,000.00 donation in the name of Nate and Nick Smith to youth hockey in the State of Minnesota. The fundraising promotion, sponsored by Bashers/Topview Grill and GrandStay Residential Suites, took place at the annual “Shattuck vs. the World” charity hockey game in Faribault, Minn. on August 11. Due to contractual breaches and legal implications, the company is unable to pay the claim as submitted.

“We greatly respect the eventual honesty of the Smith family,” Mark Gilmartin, President of Odds On Promotions, said. “Although we’re unable to the pay the claim on Nate’s incredible shot, we are confident our donation will help foster a positive environment for present and future youth hockey in Minnesota.”

“We are grateful to Odds On Promotions for making a donation in our sons’ names to these two very worthy organizations. This reinforces our belief that at the end of the day, we, as a family, made the right decision and demonstrates to our sons that, in the end, honesty is the best policy,” stated Pat Smith.

The $20,000.00 donation will benefit the Owatonna Youth Hockey Association in which Nick and Nate Smith compete and the Faribault Youth Hockey Association, the original beneficiary of the promotion.

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10/1/2011 Update: An updated article on Nick and Nate Smith has been released on the Faribault Daily News Website.  both Nick and Nate are shown with $10,000 presentation checks which were given to the Faribault Hockey Association and the Owatonna Youth Hockey Association.

Greg Starkson, President of the Faribault Hockey Association President, said that the association will likely end up using the money for equipment, scholarship applications as well as additional ice time… but the final decision will not be made until the board gets together to discuss the matter further.

Vicki Mayer, Secretary of the Owatonna Youth Hockey Association, said she has been discussing various options with the Smith family already and would like for them to be part of the final decision as to what to do with the donation.

According to Vinar Jr., the organizer of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s vs. The World hockey game in which Nate Smith made the incredible 89-foot hockey shot,  “It couldn’t have come out any better for both the Faribault and Owatonna youth hockey associations. “I think it was a win-win.”

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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!

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Great for Newspapers: You Pick ‘Em… In the Paper!

Are you looking to run a promotion that will generate hype among your reader base?  Then you’ll love reading about the promotion that this newspaper company is doing!

For 2 weeks, this West Virginia newspaper company is running a NCAA Football score prediction promotion.  Here’s how it works:

Every reader will fill out their score prediction forms and send them in on the Friday prior to the opening game.  5 finalists will then be chosen at random and the newspaper company will submit their entries to Odds On Promotions.  If one of those 5 lucky finalists guesses both the half time and ending score for each team correctly, then they’re automatically a $50,000 winner!

Not only is it simple, but also cost-effective!  See for yourself: give us a call at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote!  Questions?  Wanting to run a different type of newspaper promotion?  No problem!  You can also shoot us an email – one of our sales representatives will get back to you ASAP!