Casino Parties

Casino Parties

Casino parties are some of the most popular events on the party circuit these days, whether they are being held for private pleasure, charity fund-raisers or for corporate functions. In fact, an entire industry has sprung up around these events, so if you are ever interested in throwing casino parties, you'll find a lot of professional support available.

What are Casino Parties?

The basic idea behind casino parties is that you have a casino of your own, all to yourself, for a night. You invite a crowd of your own friends – or colleagues, if you're doing this as a work function – and have a casino evening of fun, entertainment and gaming; all very private, all very exclusive.

There are many ways of implementing it, but at minimum most casino parties have a casino theme of decoration, and most importantly, a good number of traditional casino games available. Amongst the staff servicing your party should be a number of professional dealers to run the games.

What are good themes for casino parties?

There are several popular themes that we often see requests for – it really depends on the reason why you're throwing casino parties in the first place. But one of the most time honoured classics is the James Bond theme party.

Think about it – it's the perfect setting. Nearly every Bond movie or book has a crucial scene set in a casino. It's the perfect environment for it, because it allows a lot of crossover areas between traditional parties and casino parties.

Like all casino parties, it allows all of your guests to indulge in dressing up to the nines in their finest bibs and tuckers, dresses and jewels – and all for an entertaining reason. Usually when people go for formal wear, it's for something boring, but casino parties are no end of fun.

James Bond theme parties also help to inform the the décor and the ambiance – vodka martinis anyone? The theme also suggests the type of games you should be offering – James Bond nearly always plays cards. In the books he plays Chemin de Fer (Baccarat), and in the films we've seen him play Blackjack and Texas Hold'em Poker.

How do you throw casino parties?

Start by working out how many people you're planning to invite. This helps you estimate how much space you're going to require, which helps with the decision on whether or not you need to rent space for your casino parties or whether you can in fact host it in your home or office space.

Then you need to decide what games you're going to be offering. This is crucial because if you're choosing to offer games like roulette and craps – which are solid crowd pleasers – then you'll need to rent special tables and equipment as well.

Luckily there are now several companies that will rent you professional casino equipment for private casino parties. They will help you with party planning, provide party supplies, and will generally both deliver and collect the equipment they rent you.

Any way you look at it, casino parties are great function ideas.