How to Plan a Casino Night
If you are looking for an alternative to a standard party or get-together, try a casino night. The casino games give your guests a planned activity and lets them all have fun together. Casino nights can be lavish affairs for the purpose of raising money through admissions or donations. Casino nights can also be low key get-togethers where a small group of friends come over to your house to play some games. Does this Spark an idea?
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Pick out a selection of casino games for your guests to enjoy. Always include at least two staple casino games like blackjack, craps, poker or roulette. You can also decide to add other casino games like Let it Ride, 3-card poker and Casino War, if you desire. For a small party, where everyone is likely to know each other, two or three games will be perfect. For a larger party, try to give your guests as many options as possible.
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Create a list of all the people that you want to invite. Keep in mind that some people react harshly to gaming, even if there is no gambling involved, so if you know anyone like that you should probably not invite them. If you are going to send out official invitations, try to find some that have a casino or money theme to set the mood for the party.
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Find a space where you can hold the party. Gaming tables are big and will take up a good deal of space. If you have a small guest list and number of games, you should consider using your house, but don't count on being able to use any outdoor areas, since it might be raining. For a large party, try to rent out a hall or warehouse.
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Rent gaming tables from local vendors who can deliver them to your venue on the day of the party. These vendors also often have dealers you can hire for the night. If you can't afford--or do not want--to rent real gaming tables, you can buy some green felt and place it over cheap folding tables. Without real dealers, you either need to find people to run each gaming station or have the guests run the tables.
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Pick some decorations that go with the casino night theme. Use red, black and green for decoration colors, since red and black are the colors in roulette, poker and blackjack and green is the color of money. Incorporate pictures of dice, slot machines, dollar signs, money and card suits into the decorations.
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Design a menu filled with items that people can eat while on the move. If your party is a success, your guests will be seated at, and moving between, gaming tables instead of sitting down to eat a plate of food. Plan for food that people can snack on throughout the night, instead of a large dinner that they would have to stop gaming to enjoy.
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Develop some kind of overall game with a prize for the winner. Since you can't play these games for real money, you can instead use fake money that your guests can use for gambling. Everyone will get the same amount when they walk in the door, and the person with the most at a given time will win the prize. This will give people something to play for. You will have to purchase a few boxes of gaming or poker chips for the guests to use.
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