You Have Questions - We Have Answers
Everything people ask before they book.
Casino party rental in Northern Utah, answered plainly. If your question isn’t here, just ask. We’d rather tell you now than have you find out on the night.
Planning the night
- How many tables do we need?
Our rule of thumb: about 75% of the people you’re expecting should have a spot at a table. The rest are eating, talking or watching a hand play out over someone’s shoulder. As for capacity, craps takes up to 16, Texas Hold’em three to ten, and blackjack, roulette, baccarat and Ultimate Texas Hold’em up to eight each. Most parties run three or four tables, which is enough that nobody ends up queuing. Tell us your headcount and we’ll suggest a mix.
- What’s included when we book?
One payment covers all of it: full-size tables with proper felt, real chips and cards, raffle tickets, and a professional dealer on every table. We set everything up before your first guest arrives, then break it down and load out when the last hand is done. You supply the room and the raffle prizes. You’re in charge of having a good time.
- What kinds of events do you do?
Corporate holiday parties and client events, fundraisers, weddings, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and plenty of parties with no particular reason behind them. Casino nights suit all of it. A floor gives people who don’t know each other something to do together, and that’s the hard part of most events.
- Do you do fundraisers?
Often. The hard part of a fundraiser is holding the room once dinner is cleared, and tables do that better than a program does. You can trade chips for raffle entries, prize draws, or whatever else fits your cause. Tell us how you want to run it and we’ll set the floor up around that.
On the night
- Is it real gambling? Do guests win money?
No. Utah law prohibits gambling and we don’t work around it. No money is wagered at any table and nothing is won or lost at one. Chips aren’t sold — they’re handed out, they have no cash value, and they can’t be turned back into money at any point. At the end of the night guests trade their chips in for raffle tickets, and those go toward prizes you’ve chosen and brought yourself. The games are real and so are the dealers. The stakes are the only made-up part.
- Can kids come?
Yes. Nothing at our tables is real gambling — no money is wagered and nothing is cashed out — so there’s no reason a casino night can’t be a family event, and plenty of ours are.
Two things we ask. Every minor needs a responsible adult with them for the whole event, and that’s yours to arrange rather than our dealers’, who have tables to run. And give some thought to whether the games suit the ages in the room: a teenager learning blackjack is great, a room of small children beside a craps table is a different evening.
If you’d like somewhere for younger guests that isn’t the casino floor, say so when you request a bid. We can usually lay the room out so there’s a separate space for them.
- Most of our guests have never played. Is that a problem?
That’s the normal case, and it’s why we send dealers along with the tables. Ours teach while they deal, so a first-timer gets walked through their opening hand and nobody has to admit at the table that they don’t know the rules. Blackjack, roulette and baccarat are the easiest to pick up cold. Craps and hold’em go better with a little coaching first.
- Are your dealers certified?
Yes. We’re certified through CEG Dealer School in Las Vegas. It shows in small ways, like how quickly a table turns over, and how a nervous first-timer gets brought into a hand instead of talked past.
- Can we learn to play before the event?
Yes. We teach as well as deal. Group lessons and private coaching in craps, blackjack, roulette and hold’em with Coach Cash at The Party Barn in West Haven. You’ll learn the rules, the etiquette and a little strategy, which is enough to walk up to any table like you’ve been there before.
- How long does a casino night run?
Most casino nights run two to three hours. That’s long enough that everyone gets real time at a table, and short enough that it ends while people still wish it hadn’t. We’ll talk the timing through when we quote, because it also depends on what else is happening that night — dinner, speeches, an auction.
Booking and logistics
- What areas do you serve?
Logan down to Provo, and everywhere in between — Ogden, Layton, Salt Lake City, and the whole stretch of the Wasatch Front. If you’re out near the edge of that, ask anyway. We’ll travel for the right event.
- How far in advance should we book?
As early as you reasonably can, especially for December. Corporate holiday parties all compete for the same handful of Fridays and Saturdays every year, and those go first. If your date is close, ask anyway instead of assuming it’s gone.
- How much space does each table need?
Roughly 100 square feet per table, which covers the table itself, the dealer behind it, and a ring of guests around it. Craps is the big one at about 16 by 8 feet. Blackjack and poker want 12 by 8, and roulette around 10 by 8. Four tables comes to somewhere near 400 square feet of gaming floor, and that’s before you’ve accounted for people moving between tables or wherever the food and drinks are going. Send us your room dimensions or just the venue name with your bid request and we’ll tell you what fits before you commit to anything.
- What do you need from our venue?
A room, a way to get the tables in, and enough time before guests arrive to set the floor up. If there are stairs, tight doorways or an awkward loading situation, tell us when you request a bid and we’ll plan around it instead of finding out on the day.
- How do we book?
Request a bid with the date, a rough headcount, and what you’re celebrating. That’s all we need to put a quote together. You don’t have to know which games you want or how many tables, because working that out is our job. You’ll have a bid back within one business day.
- Can you do outdoor events?
Ask us. It depends on the surface, the weather and how exposed the space is, because felt and cards don’t get along with wind. Tell us what you have in mind when you request a bid and we’ll be straight with you about whether it’ll work.
Still wondering about something? Ask it on the bid request. Or email ryan@cashcasinoparties.com.
Planning something?
Tell us what you’ve got in mind and we’ll put a bid together. You’ll have it the next business day.
