How to organise a casino night muder mystery

Fun casino nights are the latest and greatest way to entertain your guests. Going from strength to strength in recent years, a fun casino hire night offers your guests the chance to experience an array of emotions and enjoy a virtually realistic casino experience. A Murder Mystery night is also a fantastic way to provide an interactive evenings entertainment that your guests will not forget in a hurry! Filled with suspense and intrigue, a murder mystery night gives you and your friends a chance to dress up and enjoy getting into character.

What could possibly be better than a fun casino night? Or a murder mystery night..? Of course, merging the two together to organise a casino night murder mystery! Unless you are planning on getting a company to host your casino night murder mystery for you, then a great place to start, is with a board game. Murder mystery night parties packs/games can be bought off the shelf from a local store, or online. Choose one that suits the theme you wish your evening to have, for example; 1920's, gangsters, Las Vegas or Miss Marple, etc. Bearing in mind that guests will be dressing up and staying in character the whole night, choose a theme that will compliments your casino experience. Once you have purchased your pack, send out invitations and confirm your guests will be coming and will be dressing up. The murder mystery night pack will contain clues and instructions for guests as to how to act out each 'scene'. You will also need to contact a casino equipment hire company to explore you gaming table hire options. Roulette and Blackjack are the most popular choice of gaming tables, but poker is also an easy game for newbies to get to grips with.

Most casino hire companies will provide a professional dealer or croupier as part of your gaming table hire package. However, if you hire the equipment on a 'self deal' basis but decide nearer the time that you would like a host, then it is relatively simple to find croupier from your local area for a reasonable fee. Casino equipment hire is usually for three hours and this should fit in well with your murder mystery night. Meet and greet your guests with refreshments that compliment your chosen theme, and remember to allow extra time to give each guest their fun casino money, as well as instructions for the nights entertainment.

Normally when you host a fun casino night it is customary to have an 'award' ceremony at the end of the evening. Depending on the size of your event and number of guests, the prizes can range to nominal – such as certificates, trophy or wine and chocolates. To something more extravagant such as Ipod, DVD player, etc. You may also want to give your guests prizes for best character, best costume, etc. Overall, relax and enjoy your party, be sure to get the organisation right, and your casino murder mystery night is sure to be a big hit with your guests. And who knows, you may even make killing on the gaming tables!