Taste The Night

2 formats from NZ$8,150

Tables that teach themselves.

The table floor and its close cousin. Roulette, blackjack and poker run as themed activities with host-dealers who teach the rules, and props chips that carry no value of any kind.

Casino-Style Tables: a room dressed and lit for this kind of evening
The Casino-Style Table Service: the room set up for this format

Our flagship format

The Casino-Style Table Service

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 included

  • 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
From
NZ$9,600
Range
NZ$9,600 – NZ$14,200

Venue: A clear floor of 120 m² or more with 2.6 m headroom, two separate 10 A circuits, and ground-level or lift access for a 1.9 m flight case.

What moves inside the price: The table count, the opening teaching round, the music register and the length of the photo corner shift inside the same price. Dropping to two tables changes the quote, so tell us early.

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The Dinner Jacket Caper: the room set up for this format

The Dinner Jacket Caper

A special-agent evening for a group that likes a dress code and a storyline. Two casino-style tables run in one half of the room while a light mission thread with four briefing points runs in the other. The host keeps both halves on the clock.

What is included

  • A roulette table and a blackjack table with 2 host-dealers for 4 hours
  • 400 props chips without denominations and 6 sealed card decks
  • 4 briefing stations with printed dossiers and 12 handling props
  • A photo corner with a 2.4 × 2.4 m backdrop and 10 props
  • 8 LED light points plus 2 moving heads with no strobe
  • 1 host on a wireless microphone and 1 coordinator
Guests
up to 80
Programme
5 hours
From
NZ$8,150
Range
NZ$8,150 – NZ$11,900

Venue: Two connected spaces or one room of 140 m² with 2.6 m headroom, one 16 A and one 10 A circuit.

What moves inside the price: The mission thread can be shortened to two briefing points for a group that would rather spend the night at the tables.

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On the night

How an evening in this direction runs.

Both formats here are built around a table floor. Nobody needs to know the games beforehand: the host-dealers run a short teaching round at each table, then keep the rotation going so no one is stuck in one chair for five hours.

  1. Doors and the teaching round

    Guests arrive, pick up their props chips at the door and get a five-minute walkthrough at whichever table is quietest.

  2. Rotation

    Host-dealers move groups between the three tables so everyone gets a turn at roulette, blackjack and poker.

  3. The photo corner

    A corner with a backdrop and props runs the whole evening and is staffed through the two busiest hours.

  4. The finish

    A short wrap at the main table, a closing announcement from the host, then the floor turns over to music.

The host and the crew come with the format. One coordinator holds the timing plan and is your single point of contact all evening.

Before you book a venue

What the room has to give us.

  • A clear floor of at least 120 m² for the three tables plus circulation, with 2.6 m of headroom.
  • Two separate 10 A power circuits within 15 m of the table floor.
  • Ground-level access or a lift for a flight case 1.9 m long.
  • Guest seating and standing tables from the venue — our tables are for play, not for dining.

Setup windows: bump-in up to 3 hours before doors, bump-out 1 to 2 hours after the finish. None of that is counted as programme time.

Casino-style activities

What the chips are not.

  • Props only

    No denomination, no sale, no top-up, no exchange for money, goods, vouchers or prizes of any kind.

  • No stake

    Nothing is wagered and the result gives no participant anything of material value.

  • Not gambling

    The service is not gambling under the Gambling Act 2003, and there is no online play.

  • 20+ only

    Guests are 20+, proof of age may be asked for, and taking part is always voluntary.

Responsible entertainment rules

Questions

About this direction.

Do guests need to know the games?

No. Each table opens with a teaching round and the host-dealers keep explaining all evening. Watching is a perfectly normal way to spend the night.

What happens to the props chips at the end?

They go back into our cases. Chips are never sold, topped up, taken home or exchanged for money, goods, vouchers or prizes of any kind — they are scoring props and nothing else.

Can we run only two tables?

Yes. Say so in the enquiry and we will quote a two-table floor, which also needs less room.

Tell us the date and the town.

We will tell you whether we are free, which of these two formats fits your room, and what it would cost as one total.

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