Games for charity Casino night - Ideas?

Bes · 8 Jun 2019 at 13:44

Hi there

I am helping run a charity casino/ games night. We already have a company coming in to run the casino part, but we have a large space so need some side- games. I have a bit of budget for this too.

It’s all for a charity supporting conservation of and rebuilding orangutang habitats in Borneo.

Does anyone have any good ideas for such fund-raising side-games? So far I have found:

A magician to do close-up magic to small groups in exchange for tips going to the charity
A box game where you buy a box, some have low- value prizes, no prizes, high value prizes (They are being donated), and at some point we open them to reveal the winners etc.
A spot-the-ball- style ‘Spot The Orangutang’ game

It’s hard to find good ideas on Google so open to ideas.

Thanks for any suggestions!

wesimmo · 8 Jun 2019 at 13:53

Our company party one Xmas was a funfair theme with a small casino set up too.

Having silly games like a coconut shy meant people got a little bit competitive, might boost your fund raising if people are trying beat their mates etc and have to pay a small fee to have a go.

rebel rebel · 8 Jun 2019 at 15:25

Wack-a-mole and Catch-a-rat type games.

Pawnless Endgame · 8 Jun 2019 at 21:08

Tombolas and raffles are quite common at these type of events, although I think the OP's box idea sounds more exciting

Can any of this be kid-friendly? I was thinking along the lines of face painting, puppets (either puppet making or a puppet show), making animals out of balloons, costume contest and so on. This would obv be in a different section away from the casino.

Bes · 10 Jun 2019 at 22:15

Thanks all - It's not a kids event so needs to be adult stuff.

One idea I read about was a wildcard auction where we see if there is anything participants can bring to donate/ auction and mix this in to auctioning prizes we have sourced elsewhere.

Craig1981 · 10 Jun 2019 at 22:25

Bes said:
needs to be adult stuff.

Strip poker.

cainer · 10 Jun 2019 at 22:34

Russinating · 10 Jun 2019 at 22:39

We did a darts raffle at our work party; darts board and a range of prizes with raffle ticket numbers on from 1-180. Better prizes for higher numbers etc. Could charge a quid or two for 3/5 goes or something, just depends if there's somewhere suitable to put it.

Anything with a games console? TrackMania is pretty basic/simple for having a fastest time leaderboard.

GreenMint · 11 Jun 2019 at 12:33

Strip snap, ALWAYS strip snap

Bes · 11 Jun 2019 at 22:28

cainer said:

This is brilliant

[FnG]magnolia · 11 Jun 2019 at 23:03

Bes said:
A box game where you buy a box, some have low- value prizes, no prizes, high value prizes (They are being donated), and at some point we open them to reveal the winners etc.

This made me laugh for an unreasonably long time

I think the magician idea is a great one.