Casino-style evenings · Themed events · New Zealand
Nights worth sitting down for.
We plan, build and run themed evenings and company events at a venue you choose, anywhere in New Zealand — the programme, the crew, the light and the timing plan. You bring the occasion and the guest list.
20+ only on-site programme chips are props no stakes no cash winnings no online play
What turns up with us
- Game tables, stations or a stage, depending on the format
- Host-dealers, a host on the microphone and station crew
- Scenography, backdrop and the photo corner with props
- Lighting and sound, built and operated by our technician
- One coordinator on site from bump-in to the last crate
- A written timing plan, shared with you and the venue
Enquiry one business day to answer
Tell us about the night.
The date, the town and roughly how many people is enough for us to say whether we are free and what it would cost. Sending this does not reserve a date.
- [email protected]
- +64 3234 81 33
- Riverton/Aparima all of New Zealand
The flagship evening
The table floor is the main course.
Our flagship evening: a three-table floor with roulette, blackjack and poker running as themed activities. Host-dealers teach the rules at the table, the props chips are scoring tokens with no value, and a coordinator holds the timing plan from bump-in to the last crate. It is the format most of our hosts book when the whole company is coming.
What is in the package
- A full-size roulette wheel with layout, a blackjack table and a poker table, all dressed
- 3 host-dealers on the floor for 5 hours, plus 1 coordinator for the whole evening
- 600 props chips with no denomination printed on them, 8 sealed card decks and 2 shoes
- A photo backdrop 3 × 2.4 m, 10 LED light points and 14 photo-corner props
- Table dressing, 2 free-standing signs and the chip desk at the door
- 2 retro mechanical slot cabinets as scenery only: coin mechanisms removed and sealed, nothing to insert, nothing to pay out
- A DJ with 2 full-range speakers, 1 subwoofer and 2 wireless microphones
- A written timing plan agreed with you and the venue a week before doors
- Guests
- up to 100
- Programme
- 5 hours
- Price
- from NZ$9,600
The whole format, step by step See all 12 formats
Planning range NZ$9,600 – NZ$14,200 for the whole event, GST included. Not a per-person figure.
Read this part first
Nothing here is at stake.
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It happens in a room
Every programme runs on site, at a venue you book. There is no online play of any kind and never has been.
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The chips are props
Scoring tokens with no denomination printed on them. They are never sold, never topped up and never exchanged for money, goods, vouchers or prizes.
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No stake, no winnings
Nobody puts anything in and nobody takes anything out. The result of an activity gives no participant anything of material value.
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Retro cabinets are furniture
The vintage mechanical slots in our scenography — pokies, as they are known here — are display props. The coin mechanisms are removed and sealed, so there is nothing to insert and nothing to pay out.
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20+ only
Casino-style activities are for guests of 20+. We may ask for proof of age at the door, and under-20s are not admitted to those programmes.
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You pay for an event
The invoice is for organising an evening — crew, equipment, planning and coordination. It is not payment to play anything.
Six directions
Pick the kind of night it is.
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Casino-Style Tables
Three tables, host-dealers who explain every hand, and a floor that keeps moving all evening.
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Red Carpet Nights
A stage, a host with a running order, and a room that looks like the occasion deserves.
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Loud Decades
Two music-led rooms — one all mirrorball, one all future — with light that changes state through the night.
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Teams Under Pressure
Puzzle stations and quiz rounds for groups up to 60, scored and hosted end to end.
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Postcard Evenings
One evening somewhere else — a coast supper or a midwinter room, built inside your venue.
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Daylight Hours
Daytime company days with stations, a host and a written plan for Southland weather.
In the room
The room does half the work.
Light first, then the detail people actually photograph. We build in the bump-in window so that the room is finished before the first guest walks in — never half-built with guests stepping over cable.
Before the date
How a night gets built.
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A conversation and a plan
We talk about the occasion, the guest list and the venue, then send a written quote with one final total and the format described in full.
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The room and the programme
We check the venue against the format, agree the timing plan with you and the venue manager, and lock the crew list about a week out.
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The event itself
Bump-in up to three hours before doors, a technical check before guests arrive, then the programme runs with one coordinator holding the clock.
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Pack down
Bump-out takes one to two hours after the finish. The room goes back the way the venue handed it over, on the same night unless we agree otherwise.
One organisational contact for the whole job: [email protected], +64 3234 81 33. How we work, in more detail
12 formats in the catalogue
Six of the other eleven.
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special agent
The Dinner Jacket Caper
A special-agent evening for a group that likes a dress code and a storyline.
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1920s supper club
The Gatsby Supper Club
A 1920s supper club: brass-register playback, a long table dressed in period style, a short charleston lesson and a photo corner that guests queue for.
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cold neon future
The Neon Future Social
The forward-looking half of the music pair: cold-light scenography, a reactive LED wall, two VR stations on the edge of the floor and a DJ set that leans...
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midwinter light
The Midwinter Lights
A midwinter room for the darkest part of the Southland calendar: 400 points of warm light, a mulled-drinks station your caterer stocks, and a slow programme...
All 12 formats in the catalogue Prices for every one of them
Doors to last call
Where the evening goes after seven.
A five-hour programme has a shape, and it is worth knowing it before you sign anything. This is the shape most of our evenings take.
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Arrival and the first look
Guests come in to a finished room, pick up their props chips or team band at the door and find the photo corner already open.
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The teaching round
Whatever the format, somebody explains it. Five minutes at a table, ten for a room full of teams, and then nobody is pretending to know the rules.
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The long middle
Rotation between tables or stations, with food served by your caterer somewhere inside it, and the programme pausing rather than competing.
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The finish
A short close from the host, a lighting change, and the last hour belongs to the music. House lights come up in two steps.
Who brings what
You supply the room. We supply the night.
In every price
- the programme, crew and equipment listed with the format
- planning, the written timing plan and one coordinator on site
- transport anywhere in New Zealand, bump-in and bump-out
- all taxes due, GST included in every figure shown
You arrange separately
- the venue itself, with its furniture, power and bathrooms
- catering, bar service and drinks of any kind
- accommodation and travel for your guests
- gifts for guests and a stills or video photographer
The same package costs the same anywhere in New Zealand — transport is already in the figure. Programme hours never include setup: bump-in up to 3 hours before doors, bump-out 1 to 2 hours after the finish.
Answers
Questions we get first.
What is a casino-style evening, exactly?
It is an entertainment programme at a venue you choose. Roulette, blackjack and poker tables are set up as themed activities and host-dealers teach the rules at the table. The chips are props: they are never sold, never topped up and never exchanged for money, goods, vouchers or prizes of any kind. Nothing is staked, nothing is won and there is no online play involved. Guests must be 20 or over, and you are paying us to run an event, not to run a game.
How many guests and how many hours?
Most formats run up to 100 guests across a 5-hour programme. The two formats for smaller teams are capped at 40 and 60 guests over 4 hours. The hours count the programme only — bump-in takes up to 3 hours before doors and bump-out 1 to 2 hours after the finish.
Where do you work?
Anywhere in New Zealand. We are based in Riverton/Aparima in Southland and transport inside the country is already included in every figure on this site, so a venue in Invercargill and a venue in Auckland cost the same.
What is included in the price, and what is not?
Included: the programme, the crew and equipment listed with the format, planning, the written timing plan, one coordinator on site, transport, bump-in and bump-out, and GST. Not included: the venue with its furniture, power and bathrooms, catering and drinks, accommodation, guest gifts and a photographer.
How does a date get confirmed?
An enquiry is not a booking. We check the date, send a written quote with the final total, and the date is held only once the agreement is signed and the deposit is paid.
Can we see the plan before the night?
Yes. Every event gets a written timing plan covering bump-in, doors, each block of the programme and bump-out. It goes to you and to the venue about a week before the date.