Experiences and Live Events are More Important Than Ever for Marketing

This blog post talks about casino marketing but could easily be applied to any industry. At a recent marketing conference I was at, a prominent chief casino marketing executive, Ginny Shanks who is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Pinnacle Entertainment (a chain of 16 casinos) and formerly has been in executive management at both Multimedia […]

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Remember When Fred Industries Cut Its Ad Budget? Fred Does.

Twenty three years ago, in 1991,  between college and starting our entertainment business, I was providing computer consulting services for an executive search firm. My client gave me a copy of an ad that was printed in a magazines that was created by Winston Advertising.   I have had a copy of that ad on my bulletin board […]

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Game Show Gurus Web Site is under major overhaul.

As many people following us have probably seen — we have totally overhauled this web site for usability. We are finished porting over from the old site and are now going through the 100+ pages looking to add photos, format text, eliminate old references, and update information for you. What a process! We aim to be […]

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Gigantic Game Show Giveaway went to Hollywood

On May 2nd, Game Show Gurus premiered it’s flagship game show at Hollywood Casino Aurora. Our Great Gigantic Game Show Give Away promotion is a set of mostly risk reward (games of chance) that show big.  They can be grouped together as a large show that lasts about 90 minutes and involves up to 60 […]

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Appearing Live at Catersource / Event Solutions in Las Vegas

Originally posted March 19th, 2014 in our old Blog. Hey everyone – we will be appearing “live” exhibiting at Catersource & Event Solutions March 25th and 26th in LAs Vegas at the Convention Center.  Come meet us and be the first to find out how we are your one stop source for game show production for […]

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NBC showcases new game show “Take It All”

  • October 16th, 2013
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  •   Blog

We love game shows. We love watching new game shows on TV. We love figuring out how we can simulate or emulate game shows for your events within budgets that you have (as opposed to TV budgets). Risk Reward game shows are great for event marketing, retail promotions, casinos, and more. Take It All (We […]

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It’s been a long time since I have blogged.

  • October 16th, 2013
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  •   Blog

Hey everyone — I have tnes of new blog entry ideas — it has been just too busy here. Watch for them soon. If there’s fun, we’re having it !!

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New Pop Culture Survey Posted on our FB Page

  • October 15th, 2013
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  •   Blog

We are always updating our trivia database to reflect the current pop culture. Of special interest righ tnow is pop culture for teenagers as we have several events coming up. No one cares about Hannah Montanna anymore so we need to know what is up — what’s your favorite — please take our trivia survey and please share this link http://apps.facebook.com/my-surveys/qggffon social media with any teenagers that you know. What’s your favorite TV show, movie, web site, place, hange out, sport game, — We want to know.

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New Celebrity Tic Tac Toe Game Set Introduced

  • October 15th, 2013
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  •   Blog

This past month, we introduced our new Celebrity Tic Tac Toe & Squares set. The old set was located in Florida. The new set is based out of Chicago but can travel easily anywhere. The old set required risers to be at least four feet high to avoid blocking via sight lines. The hotel we used them at recently couldn’t achieve the stage heights required safely — so we made adjustments. (We will have our own risers soon).

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I love NBC’s Hollywood Game Night

  • October 15th, 2013
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  •   Blog

As a fan of game shows, I tend to at least watch once every game show that comes out. That’s what we do — we create game shows and want to bring you what you know.

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