Conventional locations
Hotel ballrooms, country clubs, and party centers are our most common venues for a Fantasy Casino Party. They offer large, well-lit spaces, ample parking for your guests, and food and beverage services. They handle the details for you, and can often recommend additional services such as bands, disc jockeys and other entertainment.

Un-conventional locations
Try a local museum (a Stone-Age casino surrounded by dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History is a favorite). How about a Sports facility? (The Terrace Club at Jacobs Field or maybe Browns Stadium). Maybe a theater?...The lobbies of the State and Palace Theaters at Playhouse Square are very interesting. Perhaps your own office building or warehouse? These types of facilities may offer a bit more of a challenge for catering and such, but the unusual venues can be well worth the effort.

Closer to home
Often your local church, fraternal organization, or municipality has a hall you can rent. Even your own home can play host to a Fantasy Casino Party.

Our party-planners will work with you to determine exactly how much space will be required for the casino. However, as a rough planning tool, figure out how much space would be required for a sit-down dinner for the number of guests you are expecting - this is approximately equal to how much space the casino will take up for the same number of guests. Add to that space needed for dining tables, buffet tables, bars, DJ, dance floor, etc.

We′re pretty flexible when it comes to locations, and our equipment doesn′t require any special environments, but here are a couple of things to consider:

Space requirements
While most of our card game tables can fit almost anywhere, some of the bigger games (Craps, Roulette, Texas Hold-em, Baccarat) may require special placement. In most halls, this is not a problem, but lets face it...that 12-foot craps table is probably not going to fit in your den! Our party planners will work with you to make sure your available space is adequate for the equipment you plan to have.

Electrical requirements
Some of our specialty equipment, such as Triple Crown Racing, Keno and Bingo, require access to one or more 110V outlets. Our table games do not require electrical power. Of course, DJ′s and Bands have their own electrical requirements as well. If you have purchased additional entertainment or décor as part of your casino event, our event planners will contact you with specific power requirements.

It depends…on the weather. Here in the northwest it is always a good idea to have a "rain contingency plan". While our equipment is designed for indoor use, we can set up a casino "under the stars" or as a "Picnic in the Park" provided there is a plan in place to ensure its safety in the event of rain. However, we have regularly done events in professionally-erected commercial tents with sides to protect everyone and everything from the unexpected summer downpour.

This depends on your party. How many guests will be attending? Is our casino the only entertainment? Is your event a fund-raiser or purely social entertainment? Our staff is eager to help you create the perfect event, and with the answers to these and a few other questions, they will help guide you to select the ideal number of gaming tables.

For estimating purposes, with a party of 200 guests or so where the casino is the main entertainment for the evening, we normally design your casino so you have "standard gaming capacity" for about 66% of the number of guests you expect at the party. (Standard gaming capacity is the number of guests that can be playing in the designated betting areas at any given moment). We do this because not everyone will want to play at the same time...remember, it′s a party and your guests are eating, drinking, and socializing too.

Almost every event we do has at least four types of games: Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, and Wheel of Fortune; but as you can see from our list of available games, we have a whole host of other games that are often added to the mix. In fact, we have the largest selection of games you′re likely to find anywhere! Be sure to let us know if there are favorite games you want to include or specific games you don′t want to have.

Once we have some basic information, our party professionals can either recommend an existing game package as-is, modify an existing package or design a custom configuration to best suit your needs. If you are working with a specific budget for the casino, be sure to let us know in advance; so we can design our service plan to give you the most effective arrangement to fit your budget.

When you contract with us, you have us for up to three hours of actual casino time. However most entertainment events we do have the casino open for about 2½ hours. Experience has shown that after that, guests begin to get bored and lose interest. If needed, we can build additional gaming time into your event. If it′s a fund-raiser, you may want to have your casino open longer to maximize your patrons "donations" at the tables.

We will provide your guests with a starting bankroll of fantasy money. They can then approach any dealer at any table and buy their chips just like they would in a real casino — just with fantasy money.

Absolutely! Many of our clients have a great deal of fun coming up with unique slogans and pictures to put on their fantasy money. We can send you easy to customize templates that will make the entire process a snap. Once you′ve created your custom money you simply print off what you need and you′re ready to let the good times roll.

That depends upon the type of event you′re holding. It′s best to work directly with your party planner to plan all the details concerning the fantasy money amounts, prizes, chip values, raffle ticket exchange rates, etc.

Your guests can win only prizes - never cash. You will need to provide one or (preferably) several prizes for your guests to win. The type and value of the prizes is totally up to you and can run the gamut from "gag" gifts costing a couple of dollars up to fabulous vacations and merchandise. As a rule, keep the scale of your prizes in line with the type of event you are hosting. Guests don′t expect to receive elaborate or costly prizes at a birthday party, so you may not need to spend a lot there. However, a high-society black-tie fund-raiser hoping to raise a large amount for charity may call for prizes on a much grander scale.

Yes. They don′t have to be anything fancy...they can even be "gag" gifts if you like, but you have to have something as a prize. Experience has shown that playing casino games without the ability to win "something" gets extremely boring very quickly.

Relax! We make it easy for you! Our party planners will take you through the entire process step by step. They will have several more questions for you - all designed to make sure we get all the information we need to do the best possible job for you and to make sure we′re all working from the same game plan and set of expectations. Feel free to ask as many questions as you want - we like you to have as much input as you feel comfortable giving, but count on us to ask the proper questions to get the information we need to ensure you have a fabulous event.