How to Raise the Most with Casino Fundraising

Elizabeth Micenko • October 2, 2019

Donating to a worthy cause can make people feel good, but what if you could make fundraising even more enjoyable? With a casino party, you can provide a fun environment for attendees, while encouraging them to support the charity or charities and celebrate the funds being raised. Casino events are a popular option for Pittsburgh fundraiser and help you put the “fun” in fundraising!

How to Get Started with Your Casino Event

Now that you have decided to have a casino party, it’s time to start planning. Begin by setting your goal for the charitable donations you want to raise. You should also determine the number of guests you expect to attend.

These two factors will play a significant role in the rest of your planning and will help you determine sponsorship needs, entry fees, and other considerations. This will help you determine how much you need to raise in donations per guests to meet your goal and to cover the costs of the event.

Put the Fun in Fundraising

Casino parties can make donating to a great cause fun. In some cases, the host of these events may choose to charge a one-time entry fee and then provide the guests a certain amount of “funny” money or tokens the guests can use to gamble. This will usually serve as the primary source of charitable contributions for the event. You may also consider having additional tokens available for purchase to boost donations and provide guests with even more fun!

You may also consider auctioning off items such as gift certificates, prize baskets, and other items. By providing a large variety of games, from table games to poker, and by providing multiple opportunities to give, you can make your event more fun and make your fundraising goals easier to reach.

Make Giving Exciting with Prizes

While games like Blackjack and roulette are fun for friendly competition with others, they can be even more fun if you’re competing for prizes! As part of your casino party planning, you should consider choosing prizes to give your guests. There are a variety of ways to provide prizes for your guests. For example, you may decide to let the person with the most tokens choose a prize first followed by the person with the next highest amount of tokens.

Prizes can help encourage guests to continue to donate and participate in the event.

Casino Event Services in Pittsburgh

At Casino Parties Pittsburgh, we provide you with everything you need to make your casino fundraising event in Pittsburgh one to remember! With a variety of quality casino games and professional dealers, our staff will make your guests feel like they’ve been transported to Las Vegas!

Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you with your next fundraising event!

Liz Micenko


For over 20 years, Liz has been working in the entertainment industry. She has spent the past 12 as an office manager for Entertainment Unlimited of Pittsburgh and helping develop Casino Parties Pittsburgh. Her expertise has help people plan wonderful Casino Parties and fundraisers.

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