Business Cards at Bars

sooners83 · #1 05-13-2005, 11:51 AM

On Cinco De Mayo I went to a couple of bars with some friends to have some fun. Everytime I went to use the bathroom I put my card on every toilet. I would say I used about 15-20 cards the whole night. I have had 5 people sign up from me doing so. 3 of them are real money players. My cards are simple they just say Poker Player Wanted, 100% bonus, and play with the pros then my link is at the bottom. I have black gloss cards that look more like a mini flyer. I am going to start doing this at every bar I go to now. This might be the way to cover my expensive bar tabs.

adioking · #2 05-15-2005, 02:27 AM

Would it be a good idea to put them on tables too? What about partnering with the a bar and grill and having them put them in the to go orders and on the counters (stand up tents)?

Stephen · #3 05-15-2005, 04:16 AM

Would it be a good idea to put them on tables too? What about partnering with the a bar and grill and having them put them in the to go orders and on the counters (stand up tents)? [quote]

I agree with Adioking - With cooperation, you could easily find yourself hosting tournaments and getting the message across even further. Bars are always looking for ways to bring People in on quiet nights (at least here in Australia they are).

Stephen

adioking · #4 05-15-2005, 04:40 PM

If I hadn't gotten my license taken away for a year last fall, I'd be driving everywhere to see if they will partner with me. Alas, the police don't like when you are speeding 170 mph on a crochrocket

dAn

corpfan1 · #5 05-15-2005, 04:50 PM

Is it completely legal (here in Canada) to run poker tournies and stuff at bars?

Is it legal to advertise online gambling?

I am just afraid of some of those issues...otherwise I would be contacting all kinds of bars!

RakeRecycle · #6 05-15-2005, 05:17 PM

In the states at least, you cannot hold poker tournaments for money outside of licensed gambling establishments. What bars do around here is host free tournaments and offer prizes for top finishers. A local bar gives away a free $50 bar tab to the winner. The buy in is one beer bought, and you can rebuy by buying a beer during the tournament. You could offer to give away t-shirts with your website on them to the top 1-5 finishers or something like that. Bars are always looking for free stuff to give away at these events to make them more popular.

corpfan1 · #7 05-15-2005, 08:20 PM

Thanks for the info Rake...you rock!

Justin · #8 05-16-2005, 02:09 PM

I tried to set up a tourney at a bar in Ohio, and they said you can't have poker tournaments in bars in Ohio. The last tourney I had, we rented out a place and had about 30 people. After all of the stuff was paid for, I broke even on the tourney and had 5 signups, but all were inactive. But I do like the buy in with beer, many bars would be open for that.

Dave · #9 05-16-2005, 02:54 PM

corpfan1,

Here in Victoria, BC many of the local bars have poker tournaments.

I'ts legal in Canada as long as you don't charge players anything to enter or make a profit from the tournament. Of course the bar does profit from all the extra drinks they sell.

Quote:

Is it legal to advertise online gambling?

What I do is carry a copy of Canadian Poker Player magazine around with me.

You can buy it at most newstands in the country and it's full of adds that advertise online gambling sites, mostly poker sites, with Bonus Codes.

If they get away with blatent, bonus code adds like that in a national magazine then surely we can hand out a few fliers and business cards.

If any bar owner has concurns about it's legality just show him the magazine, works every time, I just hope the cops buy it. Haven't had a run in with the cops yet but it's bound to happen sooner or later.

I handed out about 30 PP fliers at a local bar poker tournament on Friday, got 1 play money player from it so far.

BruinEric · #10 10-28-2005, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by BuckeyeReport@May 16 2005, 01:09 PM
I tried to set up a tourney at a bar in Ohio, and they said you can't have poker tournaments in bars in Ohio. The last tourney I had, we rented out a place and had about 30 people. After all of the stuff was paid for, I broke even on the tourney and had 5 signups, but all were inactive. But I do like the buy in with beer, many bars would be open for that.

I know this is an ancient thread, but help your bar owners stay clear of legal problems with your state's liquor laws. Here in CA, selling alcohol by using some incentives is tricky at best and illegal at worst. I know a bit about CA ABC laws, so I thought it okay to resurrect a thread to help someone in the future.

For example, a bar can't give away free stuff that comes only with purchase of a beer. They can have an "all inclusive price," but not "buy a beer, get a tshirt/tourney entry/burger/etc."

So when promoting in bars, at least make a minor effort to keep your patrons (bar owners) within the law for your state. Various states have scrutinized poker tournaments, and you'd don't want to be the guy that gets the owner tagged with a fine or license suspension.

Your state Alcoholic Beverage Control board should have a website that will give you the info you need in about an hour of clicking and reading.