Sebastian Fox

We have supplied numerous Charitable fund raising events with our fun casino entertainment and it has always been an extremely successful event. For the fun casino to be used as a fund raising activity, the basic principle is to cover the costs reasonably incurred in organizing the event. For example the fun casino cost can be paid either by securing corporate or local business sponsorship or from the sale of tickets, as you would with a band or a disco. This then ensures that all proceeds from the sale of fun casino vouchers to entitle guests to participate in the fun gambling, go direct to your charity.

The fun casino can operate alongside a buffet or as after dinner entertainment but be ware that under the gambling act of 2005, that sums raised by other persons will not form part of the proceeds of the event and so may be appropriated for private gain.

Your tables should be open for between two and a half to three hours maximum depending upon numbers. The two most popular fun prize casino games worldwide are blackjack and roulette, as the rules are fairly simple and the games are fast and great fun. Your fun prize casino will be best received if it includes at least one of each of them.

Non-commercial gaming may be an ancillary activity or the only or principal purpose of the event. To qualify as prize gaming, the prizes (whether in cash or in kind) should be put up in advance, and must not be dependent on the number of players taking part or the amount of money staked. The players participating in non-commercial gaming must also be told what “good cause” is to benefit from the profits from the gaming. There are no statutory limits on stakes, prizes, participation fees or other charges for this type of non-commercial gaming. No license, permit or other form of permission is required to operate this kind of gaming provided that the statutory conditions are complied with. Prizes can and do vary from a bottle of bubbly to a trip around the world and can be presented to the “best” gamblers. If you are fund raising, a selection of prizes, well publicised, will always improve the take! (Often businesses may be interested in donating items).

HOW IT WORKS

For fund-raising events the fun Casino Vouchers , which we supply to your event free of charge, can help to raise funds via secured local business or corporate sponsorship. The fun casino vouchers will be sold to players throughout the event by your own members. You can decide how much the fun casino vouchers are to be sold for but fund raising the fun casino vouchers should be sold at an exchange rate. From our experience we recommend that £5.00 – £10.00 cash for each fun casino voucher being 20 fun Casino Chips which players are given at the fun casino tables in return for their fun casino voucher.

The croupiers explain the games in simple detail. Guests can then play on the gaming tables of their choice for up to three hours. It must be stated that they are playing for prizes and that all monies raised go to the fund. You can cover the cost of the Casino table hire by securing local business or corporate sponsorship.

You can pay for additional entertainment by selling tickets for the event and to include an initial amount of gaming chips, perhaps 5. Guests can then purchase more fun casino vouchers from your volunteers at an exchange rate of £5.00 – £10.00 as they need to. Our MC / Casino Manger along with our professional croupiers will run the games and find the top players for you for the end of your event.

GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES FOR FUND-RAISERS

You do not need a gaming license to have a fun casino. However under the gambling act of 2005, casino gaming includes games like roulette and blackjack where players compete against the “house” or a banker, rather than against one another on equal terms.

Non-commercial casino gaming

Organizations that wish to provide casino games for charitable or other non-commercial purposes (e.g. to raise funds for a club or society) may do so under the prize gaming provisions in Part 14 of the Gambling Act 2005. Non-commercial gaming of this kind may only take place at events where none of the proceeds from the event itself are used for private gain. For these purposes, the proceeds of an event constitute the sums raised by its organizers (including sums raised by way of participation fees, sponsorship, commission from traders, or otherwise) minus the costs reasonably incurred in organizing the event. That the whole proceeds of the entertainment, after deducting the expenses of the entertainment, shall be devoted to purposes other than private gain.