i really like this!!!!!!!!!! I have some nice rare pokemon cards to donate for this. In the mail next week..
https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/213956
sv series cards.
Another fun idea at a local bar.. It got the pot to $30k.. A board with 53 nails in it. Large enough to hang playing cards on each one(hole punched in each) faced inward so you can't see them.. Hang all 52 cards mixed up. not in order. Then draw a card from another deck , punch a hole in it. Hang it on bottom 53rd nail facing out. This is the "match card".. So now what you do is sell numbered tickets(lets say 10-$5) . Everyone that night buys what ever quantity they prefer. After selling period is over, you will draw one ticket . Who ever has the drawn ticket now goes to the board and PICKS one face down card to see if it Matches the "match card. If so they win half the pot.. If not , you sell tickets again during the next EVENT day. This brings people back. Pot could go quick or in our case Weeks. leading up to a $30k pot. They finally picked a night and kept reselling tickets in the same night until there was a winner. the boad was also in a cabinet locked up so no one could peak, cheat. get at it. Opened only for drawing night.
good luck
donn
spazmatastic wrote:
I like where you are going with this and plenty of great suggestions have been given so far. It sounds like you are planning an event and not just a trade night. So I have a suggestion to help make that more fun. This really draws in the younger crowd... IF you have enough donations of cards. It's something that was really popular around here in the early 90's at similar events AND flea markets AND card shops themselves. A dice game that (then) cost $1 to toss the die or dice. There was a board with 6 spots for a single die or 11 spots for 2 dice. Each numbered box on the board had a prize. The roll of the die or dice told what the "player" won. There was usually 1 or 2 good prizes and the others were worth about what the roll itself cost if the cards were sold individually. Random sealed packs, small team-packs, good single cards and similar were the prizes. It's fun for kids and they win something with every roll. It's also a good way to get them hooked for the future. I don't mean as collectors necessarily, but for coming back to your events as you have them. The goal in this endeavor should always be that people have fun and money gets made for the charity. If the kids have fun, they will pester the parents to take them to the next one. It's also a better way for kids to spend a day or evening than most do currently. Get rid of the devices and have some fun talking to people about sports, cards, or really anything else. Good luck!
