Category Archives: Contest Insurance

With contest insurance from Odds On, you can give consumers, donors or fans the chance to win life-changing prizes, without the risk of payout.

For a small fee based on the size of prize you want to give away, the number of attempts that will be made to win the prize and the likelihood of the event taking place, you can insure almost any contest. And when there’s a winner, Odds On will be there to pay for the prize!

Half-Court Shot Winner at Seton Hall Nets $10K

South Orange, NJ – Congratulations to half-court shot winner Zachery DeMetro who recently won $10,000 courtesy of Seton Hall University, and paid for by Odds On Promotions, in a half-time basketball contest. Check out DeMetro’s prize-winning shot!

half-court shot winner Zachary DeMetro

DeMetro won the big bucks after he was randomly selected via raffle ticket to participate in the half-court shot contest, which took place at half-time during the women’s basketball game against Princeton. After making the prize-winning shot, the fans in Walsh Gymnasium erupted while DeMetro took a few laps around the court, getting hugs and high-fives from staff, students, and the school’s mascot.

According to Matthew Westphal, a marketing graduate student who helped to organize and run the contest, “It was very exciting to have a winner. We hold these contests primarily for our students and they add to the overall game experience. We’ve worked with Linda at Odds On for a variety of programs – including our Morning Madness events. The claims process was straight-forward, and everything went very smoothly.”

Interested in finding out how Odds On Promotions can help you maximize sports sponsorship opportunities, engage your audience, drive traffic and close more sales in any venue? Want to market into the excitement surrounding the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament? Thinking about sponsoring or running big prize basketball contest at your next game? Want to have a half-court shot winner of your own? Email or give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or visit our website.

basketball bracket

It’s not too late for a big-prize basketball promotion! Give your customers the chance to win up to $1,000,000 with one of Odds On’s Bracket Challenge Contests. Whether you want to give everyone the chance to correctly predict all the winners of the first two rounds (48 correct), or give them the chance to win $1,000,000 for correctly predicting 63 out of 63 games, Odds On has a bracket promotion for you.

Contact us today for more info and pricing.

Baseball Contest Winner Scores $5K in Grand Slam Inning

Athens, Ga. – Congratulations to baseball contest winner Chris Day of Franklinton, N.C., who won $5,000, courtesy of the University of Georgia, and paid for by Odds On Promotions in a Grand Slam Giveaway baseball promotion.

Day, who was randomly selected via program number, won the $5K windfall after University of Georgia baseball player Riley King delivered a game-winning grand slam during the 4th inning of a Saturday baseball game against Vanderbilt.

This is the 7th year that Georgia has run their Grand Slam Giveaway for Saturday games. The University has also used Shutout Games and other promotions to add additional interest and excitement during the college baseball season.

Are you interested in putting your product at center field? Want to have a baseball contest winner of your own? Looking for fun and rewarding ways to increase ticket sales, showcase a key sponsor, or just give your fans another great reason to enjoy game day with you? Want to craft an exciting summer season promotion themed around baseball? Email or give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 or visit our website.

baseball contest winner - chris day

Winter Casino Promotions: Blizzard of Cash Game Suite

Winter Casino Promotions - Blizzard of Cash Need to drive midweek traffic at your property this winter? Put a blizzard of cash and prizes on your gaming floor with Odds On’s winter casino promotions, featuring our Blizzard of Cash Game Suite!

From kiosk promotions, to our popular Zoom Ball contest, to giant wheels and more — you can give your customers the chance to take home an insured prize, up to $1,000,000, with a little help from Odds On!

Don’t see what you’re looking for? No problem – just check out the other winter casino promotions we have to offer, or let us customize a promotion for you… you just give us a call today at 888-827-2249, or send us an email.

Summer Promotion Ideas for Your Business

Capture More Customers with Big Prizes
Sales Driving Summer Promotion Ideas from $500

Looking for some “hot” summer promotion ideas? Get customers lining up to crack the code and win up to 1MM paid for by Odds On with Safecracker.

Customers enter their choice of digits for a shot to win your grand prize.

This promotion is portable, fits easily on any counter top and can be programmed to award a variety of consolation prize.

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Football Contests that Get Results.

No matter how you’d like to leverage the popularity of college or pro football, Odds On has a promotion for you.

• Run a “Run it back for a Rebate” online giveaway tied to a local college or pro team.

• Sponsor a Pass, Punt & Kick contest for tuition – or a new car – at your local college.

• Help your local high school by holding a fundraising field goal kick at halftime.

Download our Football Playbook and get in the game this Fall.

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Make it a Scratch & Match Summer.

Drive sales and traffic this summer with a custom scratch card promotion.

Odds On will customize a Scratch, Match & Win card featuring your logo and prize. You’ll distribute the cards to your customers. If a lucky contestant locates a winning combination of symbols, we write the check.

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Employee Appreciation Day: The Countdown Begins!

Employee Appreciation Day is March 2nd. What are you doing to show gratitude to your employees? How about giving them a chance to count down to big-prize payouts with one of these 5 Employee Appreciation Day promotions!

Need more time to secure prize insurance? Have a company-wide event occurring on a different date? No problem — these promotions can be insured any day of the year! After all, who says you have to wait until a designated day to show your employees how much you care and show off their accolades?

Ready to count down with us? Here we go…

5.) Employee Putt for Prizes
Whether indoor or outdoor, holding an insured prize putting contest at your company has never been easier, thanks to Odds On’s portable putting contest ramp! Select the format of the putting contest that best suits your needs and watch your employee(s) attempt to hole the putt. We typically recommend a 50-foot or longer putt in order to keep your cost down, but let us know if you had something else in mind!

4.) You Keep Us On a Roll
Thank your employees for keeping business goals on a roll with an insured prize dice roll contest with Odds On Promotions. Advertise the chance for them to win cash, a giant discount, a new car, or an attention-grabbing $1,000,000 shopping spree, with just a roll of the dice! Simply choose a predetermined number of employees, hand them a set of our 1″, 4″, 8″ or 16″ dice and get ready for fun. If they can roll a winning combination of your logos or letters (i.e. N-E-W-C-A-R, B-I-G-B-U-C-K-S, etc.), they’ll be rolling in dough, and Odds On will pay for the prize.

Be sure to award employees with self-provided prizes for rolling a lesser amount of winning letters/company logos! Oh, and we promise not to judge if you just want to have the traditional dots/pips on the dice instead… 😉

3.) A “Gem” of an Employee
Show your gratitude this Employee Appreciation Day by giving your employees the chance to win a giant-prize jackpot, paid for by Odds On Promotions, with the mere press of a button! With Odds On’s Gem-themed prize slot, you can give your employees the chance to spin the reels and win a grand prize, or one of five self-sponsored consolation prizes. And, when the pay table says you’ve got a grand prize winner, Odds On will be there to write the check!

Looking for another theme that better suits your company or industry? Check out all of the themes we have available — or, with enough lead time, we can customize one for you!

2.) Code-breaker Cash
Recognize and reward your team with the chance to win life-changing prizes, paid for by Odds On! For example, you could place the keys to a new car or truck inside Odds On’s Prize Vault and give every team member the chance to guess the winning combination and win a car.

The process is simple: employees simply enter their choice of digits on the vault’s touchscreen for a chance to win your grand prize, or smaller self-insured consolation prizes. If a lucky team member cracks the code, they’ll win big and Odds On will write the check!

1.) $100K Thanks a Latte
Create an internal performance contest or randomly select a team member every week and give them the chance to win a super-sized bonus with Odds On’s “Thanks a Latte” Lucky Envelopes promotion.

Odds On will ship you 20 Lucky Envelopes, each containing a pre-determined dollar amount which you’ll display in the container of your choice (think coffee cups with gift cards, which you can give away at the end of the day).

If your lucky contestant can select the three envelopes from your display that add up to $100, Odds On will write them a check for $100,000.

For questions, or if you’re interested in obtaining a free, no-obligation quote on any of the above Employee Appreciation Day promotions, please email us or give us a call today at 888-827-2249!