In order to create the Picasso-casino experience, especially posters and playing cards should be ‘hung with care’ in a way that creates a realistic atmosphere of walking into a casino in Las Vegas. The Picasso decorations will provide an immediate strong impression to arriving guests.
Based on your budget, add some extras to the list – for example, photo booths or DJ services – but don’t move on to any other to-dos before you finalise and send out the invites for the guest list.
Decorate Your Space
However, if you have the talent to pick a winner. If you are hosting a casino night, be sure that the space is set-up or ‘pitchered’. Ensure there is enough open space for a moderate-size table and that you have all the required gaming equipment at hand. Add a touch of glamour with dramatic red carpet for your guests to walk on and Gallic grooming products as your favours (‘Pretty Wet’, ‘Pretty Corn’, ‘Very Choco’). Add banners for the ‘Cannes International Festival of Camembert’, and dice decorations the size of your head. Your Christmas table could feature centrepieces of playing cards…
Set the Theme
Incorporate other touches such as ‘casino’ food and drink, and consider pricier options. Playing cards also have hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, so cookies topped with those symbols might be a fun alternative or party favour to get people into the theme. If your budget will allow, hire a professional croupier to run the games and live music to create a mood – then your DIY Casino Night will be a VIP night out!
Hire a DJ
An interesting DJ will ensure that your casino night will be a pleasure to attend . Choose music that reflects your event’s theme. Music, modern styled like ragtime in the 1920s style would be great for an era-themed party like the Great Gatsby or James Bond theme or a fundraiser of stylish era fundraiser. Tinling recommends serving a buffet instead of a sit-down dinner in order ‘to keep the guests’ spirits high and enable them to play games while dipping into the dishes’.
Offer Prizes
Prizes help to keep visitors hooked onto the game and enjoying themselves during the event and it can be cash prize, restaurant gift certificates, and electronic gadgets like TVs. Serve finger food on a buffet style so that they won’t have to take lengthy breaks to have a proper meal. This will keep their hunger away from affecting gameplay. They will be able to concentrate fully on gaming without having to worry about being hungry!
Set the Tables
Cocktail food and easy snacks (such as chocolate buttons or Ants on a Log – a snack of celery sticks with peanut butter and covered in raisins – an old favourite at campfires) should be on hand – you can lay out a buffet of this nibbly food. Chips, cards and table felt (personal/home made) are a bit of a DIY enterprise, but there are some nice deals for poker-table felt on the internet as well. To actually play a game of blackjack or poker… well, you need dealers, so, if you’ve got room, hire professional tables and equipment (roulette wheels, slot machines etc), or equip with something a little more prosaic, like housie. You’ll also need a volunteer dealer or two. Decent dealers take an hour-long training course; amateur dealers need no training at all. But be warned, volunteer dealers are prone to mistakes, might not show up, and might not respond to your phone calls or text messages. So a word to the wise: try to find dealers with some experience.
Hire a Photo Booth
If you are planning a casino night, you will need more than just some cards and some casino chips; you will need to bring in professional entertainers such as magicians or showgirls to make it feel like a real Las Vegas event anywhere. Rent a photo booth with backdrop and props so your guests can have something to remember the event by.
Put Together a Music Playlist
Music will go a long way towards making a casino ‘cool’, playing up the excitement of blackjack hands and roulette wheels with songs that match the action (from club beats and slappin’ basslines during bettor heats to soulful tinges of jazz to give picks a touch of class), all working together to create an electric evening playlist of peaks and valleys. Spend a quick afternoon test-driving your soundtrack (maybe with friends) before the evening of your event or party, and make tweaks until it sounds right to you. You’ll be able to execute more rapidly at the site.
Decorate the Red Carpet
Nothing kicks off a memorable casino night quite like a red carpet: give your guests the star treatment with a purchase (or do-it-yourself) red carpet entrance. Be your guests your dealers and players, themed decorations can extend your theme into the space itself by employing playing cards and giant dice to craft greetings and signposts, while green felt under your tables (or printed gaming table images over a tarpaulin) will provide access to the richness of theme within the setting.
Create a Dessert Table
Hosting casino party could be an top-notch way for birthday or anniversary celebration and also for their fund raising. Casino themed parties not only permitted possession a fun celebration; meanwhile, casino party held for a fund raising, recruited attention for the charity untill your charitable organization. Serve nibbles you can grab on the go, such as skewers or sliders, along with passed bites such as charcuterie boards topped with asparagus tips (the Ace) and Dijon-hazelnut vinaigrette (the Joker); and Lucky 7 Mojitos or Spades and Clubs Sang