Christmas
Decorate with Christmas trees, manager scenes, Santa’s, snowmen…
Operator dress up as Santa
Give Christmas candy on tables
Give Santa’s and candy all month

Send out Christmas Cards with coupons in them.

Roulette Bingo.  The amount of the prize is determined by under what letter the bingo is called on.  For example B would pay $50, I would pay $75, N would pay $150, G would pay $75, and O would pay $50.

Envelope Night
Every player receives an envelope at admissions.  Each envelope contains a coupon for something free such as a coke, dauber, bag of popcorn, one pull tab, twenty pull tabs, a dauber bag, t-shirt, etc.  One envelope has a coupon for $500.

Thanksgiving
Decorate with horns of plenty, turkeys, pilgrims
Give grocery store gift certificates or turkeys as door prizes
Have a canned food drive all month

Turkey Bowling
One frozen turkey. 
Ten bowling pins. 
Enough said.

Cultural Night
Workers and operator dress up in clothes from the country chosen
Decorate for the country chosen
Snack bar has food from the country chosen
Give away dinners from a restaurant serving the country’s food

Halloween
Decorate with pumpkins, ghosts, witches…
Halloween candy on the tables or in Halloween cups
Halloween costume contest
Workers and operator dress up

 
Old Movies Night
Workers and operator dress up
Decorate with old movie posters
Players dress up as a favorite old movie star
Contest for best costume

Guess my Weight!!!  During the fall season have a huge pumpkin present where everyone gets one chance for every time they come to guess the weight.  The winner will be the one closest without going over the weight.  Have it weighed in pounds and ounces. 

Decorate in autumn colors.

Workers wear coveralls and hard hats.

Hot Seat.  Introduce a new volunteer have them put an envelope with money in it under a chair.  Being that the volunteer is new they will not know where people customarily sit so their choice will be totally random.  Have the volunteer pay the patron whatever cash prize was decided upon.

Beat the Clock.  A take off of Pull Tab Frenzy where 2 players get to open tickets The player who open the most tickets or the player with the largest amount of winnings is the winner. That player gets an additional prize.

Western Night

Workers and operator dress in western clothes

Contest for Best Dressed

Teach players the two-step then have a two-step contest

Give away dinners at nice steakhouses

Give away Stetson cowboy hats and western clothes

Add’Em up Games.  Incorporate within your game format or bingo program an Add’Em Up Letter “X” which will pay from $252 to $356 with an average around $300.  Add’Em Up Outside Picture Frame will pay from $519 to $691.  This will add variety and constant change to a given game.  Players already know they have won but there is added suspense not knowing how much they have won until you announce the total.

Decorate in Red, White & Blue with flags! Give away summer stuff:  Lawn furniture, coolers, grills, fireworks.

Clear Jar.  Put money in a clear jar and have players guess how much is in it.  This can be seasonal with jelly beans for Easter, Red Hots for July 4th, Indian corn for the fall, peppermint sticks for Christmas.  This promotion works best if you do over a length of time; every time a player is there they get one guess.  The one closest without going over would be the winner.  Must be present and playing a package in order to win.

Give away Dad things:  Charcoal grill, tools, lawn furniture…

Give away Dinners to steakhouses like Outback or Texas Raodhouse.

Jumpin’ Jackpot!!  We are all too aware of how when the progressive jackpot gets hit the crowd will dip since the jackpot chasers having gone elsewhere.  Since most paper played has three rows let there be three separate progressive jackpots.  This will hopefully keep at least one jackpot at 56 numbers or more.  Take some time to think about this one.  We love it!

500 Mile Race Day

Decorate in Black & While with checkered flags and racecars

Give away Indianapolis Motor speedway items

Give away Black and White Jewelry (Black onyx and Diamonds!) 

Bring a Friend Night!  Bring a new player to bingo and both get to play for ½ price.

Give CASH prizes for the oldest mom, the youngest, the one with the most children, the most grandchildren…(Ask the ladies to name all of their children and grandchildren!)

Hide twelve eggs around the bingo hall.  Have three players drawn from the door prize tickets to hunt for the eggs. One egg will have a big prize. 

Decorate in green with Shamrocks and leprechauns everywhere!

Play tickets with emeralds, shamrocks or pots of gold in them.

Encourage all players to wear green-colored clothing and items. Traditionally, those who are caught not wearing green are pinched.

Hide a pot filled with gold chocolate coins or real coins somewhere in the hall. Have three players drawn from the door prize to hunt for the pot o' gold!  Have fun searching for the "luck" left by the leprechauns.

Serve potatoes, cabbage and corned beef.

Try selling merchandise games, or selling more merchandise games!

A lot of people may be walking out of your bingo game a loser. If you sell merchandise games, this will help more people walk out with something in their hands. Not all merchandise players are pull tab players.

We've all played this game at some point. It's fun! Put money in a clear jar and have your players guess how much is in it.

This can be a fun seasonal game also. Put candy conversation hearts in the jar for Valentine's Day, or jelly beans for Easter, or Red Hots for July 4th.

This promotion works best if you play it over a length of time. Give each player one guess over a period of time. The one closest to the total without going over would be the winner. The player must be present and playing a package in order to win. 

 

Before the bingo players arrive to play bingo, ask a new volunteer to pick a chair and give them an envelope with money in it to put under the seat of the chair.

Being that the volunteer is new, they will not know where people customarily sit so their choice will be completely random.

Have the volunteer pay the patron whatever cash prize was decided upon.

Decorate in red with hearts everywhere!

Giveaway a "sweetheart" trip to Florida, or a nearby bed & breakfast.

Put candy on the tables.

Recognize the players who have been married for 10 and 25-plus years by having them come forward.

The month of December offers lots of decorating options!

There's lights, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, elves & reindeer, and manger scenes to name a few!

After Christmas is over, take down the holiday decor and add some white lights, snowmen and snowflakes.

Dress the operator up as Santa Claus and put Christmas candy out on the tables.

Turkey Bowling.

One frozen turkey.

Ten bowling pins.

Enough said.

Decorate the hall with gourds, turkeys and pilgrims.

Give grocery store gift cards or turkeys as door prizes.

Set up a small trash can where players can drop in their losing tickets with their name on it. Collect the losing tickets for a number of sessions.

 On the predetermined bingo session draw 5 to 10 tickets and give out cash prizes.

The winners must be present that night to win. This promotion attracts the ticket buyers and is an excellent promotion to have drawn on the 3rd week of the month.

Pick one (or two) bingo games off of the program and announce that you're playing 10X Pay.  

Whatever number the player Bingo's on, they win 10 times that number.

The month of October offers lots of spooktacular ideas for promotions at your bingo hall!

Decorate with pumpkins, ghosts, witches and spider webs.

Add Halloween candy on the tables or scattered about the hall in Halloween cups. Offer candy or caramel apples at your concession stand.

Have a costume contest ~ select judges and give fun prizes!  Encourage all the workers and bingo caller to dress up also!

Everyone has a favorite old movie! Tie in this idea with a Halloween costume contest and encourage all your players and workers and the operator to dress up as a favorite old movie star!

Have a contest for the best costume and a contest to guess the names of the movies that star made!

Decorate the hall with old movie posters.

Serve buttered popcorn, candy and soda pop!

Pick a night and promote 50¢ Night!

Charge 50¢ per face on paper packages. Run 50¢ instants and seal games.

Charge 50¢ for all concessions (you may want to set a time limit ie. from 5 - 7pm)

Pick one session of the month for Men's 50¢ Night.

And/or pick one session of the month for Ladies' 50¢ Night.

It gives you a brief moment to personally congratulate them and to thank them for coming to your bingo hall. The player will appreciate the recognition that you personally give them. Give every bingo player a dauber. Put door prizes in the cap, like the soft drink companies do.

Operator gets 7 to 10 paper bags and fills them with daubers, instants, coupons, small prizes like key chains, mugs, t.shirts, etc. Draw tallies from the door and have those players come up and pick a prize out of the brown bag.

Always pay the seal winners in small bills, like $10’s, $5’s and $1’s. The more small bills you have on the floor, the faster the players will turn them.  Players feel rich if they have a stack of 20 five dollar bills over 5 twenty dollar bills.

“Super size” your bingo specials, bingo packages and Bonanzas!

Encourage your players to wear a hat to the next bingo session. Have a contest for the best hat.

Music makes people happy! Happy people will spend more money!

Workers and operator dress in grass skirts and leis, Hawaiian shirts and straw hats. Teach the players to hula and have a Hula Contest and a Limbo Contest.Give leis to each player and greet them with Aloha! Serve beverages with umbrella straws in them. Decorate with coconuts and leis and hibiscus flowers.