Jack of All Spades

Profiting From Games

Here are some suggestions on how to run and profit from our games. Click on the game you are interested in, or scroll down to see them all:


Roulette:

We suggest that you charge $10 for 10 chips and have a minimum $2 bet at a time and a maximum $5 bet. Keep a complicated game simple, and you can make a lot of money on this game. So that you can plan, if you rented our Deluxe or Regular Roulette Table, our Roulette Poker Chips come with 100 yellow, 50 pink, 50 grey, 50 purple, and 50 orange chips.

Poker / Texas Hold'em:

a) Play Poker just as your normally would, however the guest(s) of honour wins a percentage of the pot in each hand. It is a win-win situation and you are guaranteed to make money. So that you can plan, if you also rented our Accessory Package, you will receive: 50 black, 100 white, 50 red, 50 blue and 50 green chips.

b) You can charge an entry fee of $15 and provide each player with 50 chips. You can invite the top players from each table to play in your tournament that you are holding later in the evening. This will encourage people to stay to watch or play in the tournament. If you have four tables with ten people sitting at each, you will gain $600 from their entry fees in the first round. Pick the top five from each table and invite them to the “tournament.” Your top players must then pay an additional $15 to play, so you will gain an additional $300. At the end of the tournament, the grand prize winner can either win a huge prize, or take home a percentage of the $900 in earnings.

Blackjack:

a) Play Blackjack just as your normally would, however the guest(s) of honour wins a percentage of each hand. It is a win-win situation and you are guaranteed to make money. So that you can plan, if you also rented our Accessory Package, you will receive: 50 black, 100 white, 50 red, 50 blue and 50 green chips.

b) You can charge $10 for five chips, with each chip representing $2. Keep it simple, and you can make a lot of money on this game.

Craps:

We suggest that you charge $10 for 10 chips and have a minimum $2 bet at a time and a maximum $5 bet. Keep it simple, and you can make a lot of money on this game.

Plinko:

We suggest that you charge your guests $2 for one chip or $5 for 3 chips. Click here for some suggestions on what to label the bottom of the Plinko. You can either label the bottom of the board to say things like win a raffle ticket, or you can label each spot to be a point value and they have to get a certain amount of points to win a prize. If you charge $5 per chip, ensure that you make it worth their while and have some intriguing gifts or prizes for them to win. All of the spots are equally hard to get so do not make the mistake of making the middle spot "win $100"! On the Price Is Right, they make both spots on either side of the middle spot Zero points, which makes people believe that the middle is the hardest to get. Also, one thing to note when deciding which Plinko to rent, the Large and X-Large have 7 spots in the bottom, the Regular sized Plinko has 14. This game is sure to attract many people who will not just do it once, but several times, as it is very addictive.

Crown and Anchor Wheel:

We suggest that you charge a minimum bet of $1 and a maximum of $5. Many of our customers cover some of the triple pay out spots and label them - all bets go to the house. This helps out the cause or guest of honour financially as the house pays out less to the betters. Just ask and we can cover up a couple of the spots for you at no charge - you can pick from "All bets go to the house" and "All bets go to the Bride and Groom."

Wheels of Chance:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 a race. The winner gets $10, so they double their money. If you have six players, and they all pay $5, you make $30 minus the $10 you pay the winner, so you make $20 each race.

Prize Wheel:

We suggest that you charge people $5 a spin. Make six spaces positive results (win five raffle tickets, get two free drinks, win a Ticket to enter Grand Prize Draw, etc.), and five spaces with results (Lose your turn, Let your friend spin for you instead, Buy Dealer a Drink, etc). Then make one space on the wheel a big prize (Gift, Booze, etc.) so that it would be worth $5 to try to win the grand prize.

Hoops:

We have two suggestions, and it all depends on the crowd and their wallet! You can charge both players $15 each race. The winner gets their $15 back plus makes an additional $5, which puts you up $10 each race. Or if you do not think that you will always get 2 people competing at once, you can charge people $5 each time, and keep track of everyone's scores throughout the night. At the end of the night, the person with the highest number of dunks, wins a prize. You should make the prize worth their while so that people will keep trying over and over again.

Fore:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 for three balls. Your guests get three chances of chipping the ball into the hole (which is pretty hard) but if they miss, they still may get points which encourages them to keep trying! Tally up their points after 3 balls, and keep track of people's scores throughout the night. At the end of the night, see who had the best score and they will win a big prize (booze, money, tickets to a sporting event, etc.) Post a sign that states something like this:

  • Sand = 10 Points
  • Water = 5 Points
  • Fairway = 5 Points
  • Green = 20 Points
  • Hole = 80 Points

Chip-It:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 for three balls. You will have labeled each pouch/hole a different point value, such as 5 points, 10 points, 25 points, etc. Mark the higher pouches a higher point value since they are more difficult to reach. Your guests get three chances of chipping the ball into the pouches. Tally up their points after 3 balls, and keep track of people's scores throughout the night. At the end of the night, see who had the best score and they will win a big prize (booze, money, tickets to a sporting event, etc.)

Golf Putt Challenge:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 for three balls, and if a player gets all of their balls in the hole, then they get to move on to a “tournament” held later. Their name can go on a list where they will later play against others who scored the same. This encourages people to stay to see the tournament, as well as to keep trying to get into the tournament.

Hockey Shootout:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 for three pucks. If your guest shoots the puck and scores in the middle target, this can equal 100 points. The top two corners can equal 50 points, and the bottom two targets can equal 25 points, as they are the easiest to achieve. Keep track of your guests’ scores throughout the evening, and at the end of the night there will be one grand prize winner. If you find that a few of your guests have the same score at the end of the night, then invite them into your “tournament” in which they have to pay an additional $5 to enter.

Penalty Box:

We suggest that you charge at least $1 a minute for someone to stay in the Penalty Box. Most of your guests will probably pay at least $2 or $5 to have a guest stay in there for 2 or 5 minutes. If you are lucky, you will have some guests pay up to $20 to have someone in there for 20 minutes! You can always tell the person who was sent to the Penalty Box that they are able to pay twice the amount that put them there in order to get out. So if someone paid $5 to put you in the Box for 5 minutes, you can pay $10 to get out right away. This is the type of game that you can have going all throughout the night, as the sound of the whistle and laughter never gets old!

Fish Race:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 a race. If you have a minimum of 5 players, you make $25 per race as there are 5 lanes, minus the cost of the prize which is usually money. Your guests can win $10 for instance so that they double their money, and you walk away with $15 per race.

Bullseye:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 for three darts. On the target that we provide, there are different areas in which the players can aim for, and each area equals a different amount of points. Keep track of your guests’ scores throughout the evening, and at the end of the night there will be one grand prize winner. If you find that a few of your guests have the same score at the end of the night, then invite them to your “tournament” in which they have to pay an additional $5 to enter.

Mini Indy:

We suggest that you charge each player $5 a race. The winner gets $10, so they double their money. If you have six players, and they all pay $5, you make $30 minus the $10 you pay the winner, so you make $20 each race.

Bean Bag Toss:

We suggest that since there are 3 targets, you make each target worth a different prize. The largest and easiest target can be "win a raffle ticket" because they cost you pennies to buy and people get excited when they win even 1 raffle ticket as this gives them a chance to try to win a raffle prize. The medium sized target can be "win an arms length of raffle tickets", and the smallest and hardest target can be "win a drink ticket." Or they may need to get all three bean bags in one target to win a big prize. Be creative! So charge your guests $2 per bean bag or $5 for 3 bean bags. Or if you have 2 of these games going at the same time with one being the Bride's and one being the Groom's, and we suggest charging $2 per bean bag. This low price will entice people to keep throwing away their toonies which add up super quickly!

Beer Me:

We suggest that you charge $3 or $5 a square, as you can make between $72 and $120 this way, minus the cost of the beer. Usually people are more than willing to spend a couple of bucks for a chance to win a case of beer. We also suggest getting a few of these going at once (as people may put their names on a couple of boards to try to win) and run this game throughout the night, not just once. Just make sure that you pick a popular brand of beer that will appeal to the most amount of people.

Joker Poker:

We suggest that you charge $5 a card or 3 cards for $10, as you can make between $160 and $240 this way, minus the cost of the prize. If you do charge $5 a card, your guests will eagerly pay this if the prize is big and enticing. We also suggest getting a few of these games going at once (as people may put their names on a couple of boards to try to win) and run this game throughout the night, not just once. Later, two guests per game can receive a prize as there are two hidden jokers. You can have each winner take 25% of the cash raised for this game, and the other 50% go to guest(s) of honour as an example, and hopefully they will donate their winnings to the guest(s) of honour. Booze or gift certificates are always popular, but you pick whatever you think would be fun and appropriate based on the crowd.