​***If your bingo will be in Iowa, please be sure to first read our page "Iowa Clients Please Read"***

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​​So you've locked in a date, paid your deposit, now what? 

 

What you need to provide:

• Minimum of 12 bingo prizes

  • We will do approximately 8-10 regular games of bingo as well as various other mini games as we see fit throughout the night.   ​

  • It is possible you will have leftover prizes at the end of the night

  • A few of these prizes can be smaller in value to be used for mini games. If there are not enough prizes for mini games, we may skip them, or play some just for fun and "bragging rights". 

• A couple of volunteers to run the door

  • You'll need some folks to sell your packages of bingo cards and mini game cards to your guests and provide general direction​

• Whatever else you want to have to make more money for your group that night. This might include raffle baskets, 50/50 drawings, food, etc.​​

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What RnR Bingo will provide:

• 150 packs of bingo cards

  • bingo cards come in packs of 5 and we will play 8-10 games on those five cards. This means some cards will have more than one game played on them. 

  • Yes, players can buy more than one pack so they can play 2 cards at once.

  • Bingo cards can be marked on with pen, markers, daubers, etc. We will no longer be providing bingo chips. 

  • If you think you will need more than 150 packs for your bingo game night, additional packs are available for purchase for $10/25 packs. Please let us know at least 3 days in advance if you will need additional packs of bingo cards

• Mini game cards

  • Our mini games are ever evolving, but we will bring enough supplies so that everyone can participate. If you ordered extra bingo cards for a large crowd, this will also included and extra mini game cards.   

• Sound and emcee services

  • We will keep everything moving throughout the entire night and will assist with calling out raffle ticket numbers, reminding people about silent auction closing times, where  or who they can buy tickets from, etc. Need an announcement made? Just let us know! We are here to help. ​

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How to sell your cards:
Each guest should receive a pack of bingo cards as their entry. Most groups will sell that for $10-15 and then sell additional packs of cards for $5 (so that players can play more than one bingo card at a time), Most groups will also include mini game cards with their entry packs, but you can choose to sell them instead for extra profit. We recommend giving them one mini game card included and encouraging the purchase of extras if they would like. All pricing is totally up to your discretion.  

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How to promote your event:

RnR Bingo is happy to create a Facebook event page, however we MUST first have a copy of your flyer or a link to your own FB event page or you can even list us as a co-host of your event on your FB event page. This is because so many groups have different start times, pricing, rules about food, alcohol or age to attend. We do not want to publish conflicting information. RnR Bingo has a following and you will get people who will come to your bingo just because they enjoy playing so we want to be sure to get in on the promotion of your event. Taking a bit of time to create a Facebook event and list your event on the online community calendars listed below will help a great deal! The more people that know and will share your event, the more likely it is they will see it and come. 

 

***Please remember, we LOVE it when our groups get creative with their event pages and flyers, however PLEASE help us out by mentioning in your promotions that the event is hosted by Rock n' Roll Bingo of the Quad Cities and be sure to USE OUR LOGO!! The reason we ask this is because we are working hard to grow our business and we want our fans to see our recognized logo and know this is a RnR Bingo of the QC event and come on out! You are welcome to use either of the logos listed below.

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Odds and ends...

• Final payment is due the day of your event, no exceptions. If you need an invoice in order to write us a check to present at your bingo, please let us know before the day of your event so that we may bring it with us. 

• We will arrive for set up about 85-90 minutes before the start of your bingo. We do not take long to set up and will have music up and running rather quickly to get the crowd excited as they enter and will continue with sound check, etc. We like to be ready to go at least 30-45 minutes before the start of bingo as Rockstar likes to start making announcements and talking to the players before we even begin. 

• PLEASE DO NOT PUT A TABLECLOTH OR SKIRT OUR TABLE. We bring our own skirt that includes our logo and often full tablecloths or plastic table coverings will interfere with our laptop mouse. 

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• Raffle Basket Tips:

  • If you are doing raffle baskets (especially if you have quite a few) it makes the process go more smoothly if you have the ticket purchasers write their names on the back of their tickets. It is so much easier to hear your name being called than a series of 6 or 7 numbers on a ticket that each person has to then sort through all of their tickets to find. 

  • It is EXTREMELY helpful to our emcee if you pull the tickets just before he begins to call out the winners. There is no reason to have people see you pulling the tickets. Having them pulled and taped to each basket makes everything go quickly.

 

I hope this list provides you with everything you need to know about your bingo night with us! If you have additional questions that we didn't cover, please let us know!​​​​

 

List of online community calendars to post your event:

QC Times:  http://qctimes.com/app/pages/calendar/events/

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QCOnline:  http://www.qconline.com/calendar/

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QC Chamber:  http://member.quadcitieschamber.com/events

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KLJB:  http://www.kljb.com/category/209636/community

 

WQAD:  http://events.wqad.com/

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Regional Daily News (radio--93.9, 102.5, 104.7):  https://regionaldailynews.com/events/submit-an-event

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