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Are You Ready To Have a Winning Winter?

Reno, Nev. –  Christmas in July? Not quite …

Last December, retailers and casinos alike used Odds On Promotion’s winter and holiday themed Swipe, Play & Win and Video Scratch & Win promotion “Winning Wonderland”  to drive increased traffic and sales.

While Volkmann Diamonds gave customers the chance to win free jewelry if they could unveil 6 presents on a counter top touchscreen Video Scratch and Win Game that played entertaining holiday music, Bodines Casino in Carson City and Spirit Mountain Casino found success with Odds On’s freestanding kiosk games where players tried to find the winning snowflakes!

Want to ensure a happy holiday season for your business? Give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 for a complete walk through on all of our 2010 holiday promotions.

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Millions in Minnesota! Nice …

Mall of America, Minn. – This Spring, the Minnesota State Lottery gave a few lucky members of their player’s club the chance to win prizes ranging from $10,000 to $1,000,000 in a Pick ‘Til You Win envelope promotion at the Mall of America.

All spring, the MN State Lottery held Scratch-O-Rama  “qualifying tournaments” at various venues across the state where eighteen finalists qualified for the Scratch-O-Rama Grand Finale Event at Mall of America in April. In addition to the finalists, two more contestants were chosen at Mall of America and given the chance to win big with just a scratch!

After three rounds of fast and furious scratching, Karen Fries of Redwood Falls got the chance to score the big bucks if she could locate the five matching $1,000,000 grand prize symbols before locating five of the second, third or fourth place symbols, playing Odds On Promotions’ Million Dollar Match Lucky Envelopes game.

According to Zak Woodhead, Risk Manager for Odds On Promotions, “What made this Million Dollar Match promotion is how the Lottery used insured prizes; they not only insured the grand prize of $1 million, but the 2nd place prize of $50,000 and the third place prize of $20,000, while self-insuring the $10,000 prize.”

Check out the great video about the event.

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Football FanFest Featured Chance to Win $104,000!

Boise, Idaho – Thanks to deep dish pizza and country music, a lucky fan at Boise State’s annual Blue and Orange Spring football game got the chance to win $104,000 in a target toss promotion insured by Odds On Promotions.

The giant-prize football toss was part of a larger Spring FanFest; in addition to getting the chance to win the big bucks, fans could check out video highlights, player autograph stations, and get their picture taken with the Fiesta Bowl trophy.

To get a shot at the $104,000 insured prize, fans first needed to visit a Chicago Connection pizza restaurant to sign-up. Then a few days before the game, four semi-finalists were selected from all of the entry forms, with an additional semi-finalist selected at the Spring

FanFest from entries collected at the WOW 104.3 booth.

Sports Promotions Specialist Linda Thomson explains, “What really made this fun, and even more effective for the sponsor, was how the actual finalist was selected. At the Blue-Orange Game, all of the semi-finalists received a pizza box. At the appointed time, they opened them up and inside one of those boxes was the chance to win $104,000, putting both WOW 104.3 and Chicago Connection front and center at half-time during the game.”

Want to get fans psyched for the season? Why not give ’em a chance to win cars, tuition or cash! Email or give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249.  Looking for more football contests and promotions swing by their website.

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Baseball FanFest Promotion a Big Hit in Minnesota

Reno, Nev. – Baseball fans attending TwinsFest got the chance to win season tickets, paid for by Odds On Promotions, in a “Crack the Code” contest sponsored by a local sports radio station.

According to Chris Gardiner, who worked with the station to create the promotion, “As part of their participation in this popular ‘FanFest’ event, the station gave every attendee the chance to win a pair of Minnesota Twins season tickets, if they could pick a winning 5-digit number.”

And what exactly was the average fan’s response? According to a TwinsFest participant at the BallParkMagic blog:

It is worth the time at TwinsFest to wait in line for the AM1500 Crack the Code contest. You can listen to the radio stage interviews waiting your turn at entering a 5 digit guess to win season tickets (1 in a 100,000 chance). It seem (sic) to be over 95% got the consolation prize… a very nice beer glass with the inaugural season logo etched on it.

While it may have seemed like AM 1500 was handing out prizes to 95% of participants, in reality, the hand held unit was pre-programmed to award several consolation prizes to ensure a multiplicity of winners.

Interested in learning more about this promotion or more ways you can drive booth traffic at fairs, festivals and events this summer? Check out Odds On Promotions’ portable Prize Vault.

Looking for more great ways to connect with baseball fans?
Check out some of our most popular baseball contests right here.

Then, email or give us a call at 888-827-2249 for a complimentary promotion brainstorming session.