We’re on our way back from the Southern Gaming Summit and Bingo World Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi.  We had a great time networking with all of our casino friends, we made a lot of new friends, and were even featured in the Biloxi Sun Herald in their article about the conference.  We showcased our sister kiosks, Lucky Rollers dice table, and our new player interface consoles.  Kudos to Dan Berger for all your hard work on getting these kiosks ready for the show!  Currently, each kiosk features seven different interactive promotions – all of which are a sure fire hit with your guests!  Here are some photos from our booth:

Brandy and Katie at the Southern Gaming Summit

Game Show America's booth at the Southern Gaming Summit

While Brian, Matt, Katie, and Brandy were down in Biloxi, Scottie and Bill produced an AMAZING game show in Milwaukee.  Here’s what our client had to say after the show:

“First, let me start off by saying that the Corporate Feud event on Monday at the Hilton was AWESOME! Our guests had a wonderful time. Your crew was amazing! I have coordinated over 50 conferences and never has an event been as cool and well received as on Monday.”

Because of the success of this event, our client has already booked Game Show America for another game show in July.  Kudos go out to Scottie and Bill for a grand slam performance!

We also had Jon down at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island for a GSA Scenic event.  Here is a photo from that conference:

GSA Scenic Event at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island

Game Show America provided the scenic elements for a conference at the Ritz.  This photo features our shoji panels and LED backlighting.  We are looking forward to returning to the Ritz soon for our mobile tablet adventure.  The Ritz Carlton Amelia Island is the perfect venue for this hi-tech team building program.

This week we are gearing up for two exciting events next week.  The first is a game show at a casino in Iowa.  The second event is our 8th consecutive year with the Texas Rangers down in Dallas, Texas.  Thank you Rangers for making GSA part of your family!

On our way back from Dallas, we’ll be stopping at Fitz Tunica for another exciting floor promotion!  Check out the Fitz website for promotion dates and times.

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing…

A little breaking news from Game Show America…

GSA is pleased to announce that Bob Goen is now available as a celebrity host for our corporate and casino game shows! Bob’s hosting credits include “Wheel of Fortune” and “Entertainment Tonight.”

Game Show America now has seven celebrity hosts to choose from for your corporate and casino events!  Bob Goen, Wink Martindale, John O’Hurley, Ross Shafer, Alan Thicke, Mark Walberg, and Randy West.

For more information on bringing any of these fantastic hosts to your next event, call Game Show America today!

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing!

Jim, Jon, and I are on our way back from a FANTASTIC corporate event in Charlotte, North Carolina.  We produced an all-inclusive game show for Verizon Wireless at a beautiful golf resort.  Our client had never done a game show before, and they had wanted a show that was all-inclusive – and Game Show America delivered.  All Verizon needed to do was provide us with content questions for the game show, and GSA did the rest. Because GSA handled all of the other details, our client was able to focus on other areas of the conference and not worry about things like sound, lighting, video, and entertainment. Essentially, we brought them a high-end “game show in a box”.  We took all the worry out which ensured that everyone had an incredibly fun time.  After the show, we were already discussing what other games we can provide for them at their next conference! Thank you Verizon for making our job FUN!

Meanwhile, Scottie and Brian are producing a multi-day event at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.  They are providing A/V production for the conference and then an interactive game show on the final day of the conference.  From Biloxi, they head to Fitzgeralds’s in Tunica, Mississippi for the final week of our Bank or Bust promotion.

At the end of this week, Game Show America heads to Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa for another Bank or Bust promotion that runs May 3rd through June 7th.  You could win up to $3,000!  Remember, Game Show America has two versions of this exciting promotion – Bank or Bust Kiosk and Bank or Bust Classic.  See our previous post for photos.

Game Show America also has one of the most exciting stage game shows designed exclusively for casinos – Risks and Rewards – with your choice of celebrity hosts:

Risks and Rewards Celebrity Hosts

For casinos that would like a celebrity draw with the game show, our celebrity hosts will provide you with a real Hollywood experience, right at your casino.  If your casino doesn’t need the celebrity draw, we have outstanding in-house talent at Game Show America that will provide a fantastic show!  Our in house talent includes:  Matthew King, Scottie Parr, and Darren Elder.

Last on our list of items to post for this blog is the tremendous success we have been having with our Mobile Tablet Adventure.  Game Show America just completed an amazing program at the Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona for a major energy client.  The adventure was customized for the property, and had the participants take their teams to seven specific areas throughout the race.  50% of the race included their company content.  The other 50% was designed around the resort, taking them all over the property to do activities, take photos, and complete interactive challenges.

It was the first time our client had done anything like this, and we received incredible feedback about the success of the program.  You can see a screen capture of one of the tablets in the previous blog post.  Huge THANKS go out to Andrea, Wendy, and Leah for bringing GSA in for your event.  We look forward to working with you again soon!

For more information on how to bring GSA’s Mobile Tablet Adventure to your event, call or email us today.  Pricing for this one-of-a-kind program starts at $99 per person.  We have a number of city-wide adventures all ready to go.  Cities include:  Las Vegas, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Key West.  More cities are coming soon including: Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Memphis, and Orlando.

The month of April has kept everyone at Game Show America very busy, and has taken our crew here, there, and everywhere.  May 8-10, watch for GSA at the Southern Gaming Summit in Biloxi, MS (Booth 327).  We will be showcasing some ALL NEW casino promotions that are sure to have your players coming back for more!

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing…

April kicks off in full force with a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona for an exciting Mobile Race Adventure.  GSA has been working on an all-new technology using Android Tablets for a high-tech team building game.  In the past, we utilized paper instructions and Polaroid cameras with teams of participants scouring cities, resorts, and more in a race / scavenger hunt adventure.

In 2012, we’ve transformed this popular adventure into a high-tech modern game that takes things to an entirely new level.  The tablets can be completely customized for each venue, city, and client for a truly one-of-a-kind experience.  The results are sent in real-time back to our command center at the show venue, tabulating the scores instantly, and compiling photos into a memorable slide show that can be viewed at the conclusion of the adventure.  Here is a sample screen capture from the tablet:

GSA's Mobile Race Adventure Tablet

The adventure can include multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, photos, audio, and video.  All of the content is 100% customizable.  For more information on this amazing team building game, contact GSA today at play@gsapro.com.

From Scottsdale, we head down to Fitzgerald’s in Tunica, Mississippi for our all new Bank or Bust Kiosk Promotion from April 7 to April 28.  Lucky winners can win up to $2,500 in Promo Cash!

Speaking of Bank or Bust, we now have two different versions of this exciting promotion!

GSA's Bank or Bust Classic and Bank or Bust Kiosk

The Classic version is a 7.5′ x 7.5′ game board with twenty removable 12″ custom tiles and a single 32″ LED monitor.  The Kiosk version is an 8′ x 8′ game board with a 60′ LED monitor and up to three 32″ LED monitors.  Both versions can be run with a single server and can be branded with your casino’s logo. The Kiosk version can utilize the outer monitors for additional casino video advertising.

Our Lucky Rollers Casino Promotion continues through April 12th at Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Potawatomi has already given away THOUSANDS of dollars in CASH with this exciting promotion.

GSA's Lucky Rollers in the Grand Lobby at Potawatomi Bingo Casino

After we get back from Mississippi, GSA heads over to Little Rock, Arkansas to produce four different game shows for a major medical client.  From Little Rock, we fly back to Scottsdale for another Mobile Race Adventure team-building event using our new Android Tablet technology.

Once we’re back from our second Scottsdale trip, we head in two different directions: Charlotte, North Carolina and Biloxi, Mississippi for two exciting corporate events.

We cap off the month by heading back to Tunica, Mississippi (on the way back from Biloxi) and then over to Iowa where we’ll be delivering GSA’s Bank or Bust Classic Promotion to Meskwaki Bingo Casino.

Back in the shop, our tech team is working on our trade show booth for the Southern Gaming Summit (May 8-10) in Biloxi, Mississippi.  For all of our casino clients, you’ll definitely want to stop by Game Show America’s booth (Booth 327) to see some ALL NEW promotions that are sure to keep your players coming back again and again!

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing!

It’s been a few weeks since my last post – and what a crazy three weeks it’s been!

We have been on the road non-stop traveling coast to coast with some amazing productions.  This week, I’m blogging from Jacksonville, Florida where Game Show America is providing audience response and a game show for a three-day conference.

Back at the shop, Brian and Dan are working on spring cleaning.  After three weeks on the road, the shop tends to get a little unorganized.  Before we left on this tour, we built over 100 feet of new backdrops and sets for our clients.  Now that we’re back – we’ve got to make room so we can store them properly.  We’ll have some photos of our production floor soon so you can see how everything fits into place.  With all these new sets, we’re gonna need a bigger shop!

We definitely need the room on the production floor, as we’re building a second mega-kiosk for our casino promotions.  This new kiosk uses our 3 x 1 format – (three 32″ monitors and one 60″ monitor).  We’ll be delivering this new kiosk down to Fitz Tunica at the beginning of April for an all-new Bank or Bust Casino Promotion.  Can’t wait to show some photos of this one!

We’ll have a lot to report in April, with six shows in six different states.  As we get into May, watch for Game Show America at the Southern Gaming Summit and BingoWorld Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi – May 8-10 – at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center – Booth 327.

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing…

First, I wanted to share two photos of the crew from Risks and Rewards at Fitz Tunica. Two nights and two incredible shows!  We’re looking forward to returning in June for two encore productions!  This crew totally rocks!

The R&R Crew - Jon, Matt, Katie, Scottie, Kat, and Dan

The R&R Crew - Jon, Matt, Katie, Scottie, Kat, and Dan

OK – shameless plug time…

To our current and future casino clients – if you’ve never experienced Risks and Rewards – it’s something that is a guaranteed hit at your casino.  Call Game Show America for more information on this fantastic stage show.  Your casino’s bottom line will be glad you did!

And…back from commercial…

We’re in the middle of an amazing month and with a little downtime before flying to Florida on Sunday, I wanted to post an update on what’s coming up for Game Show America.

This weekend we had eight casino promotions and a corporate event in Madison – where Bill and Mike knocked it out of the park!  Kudos guys for an AWESOME SHOW!  This morning, Scottie, Jon, and Brian left the magic shop in Baraboo with both trucks and headed to Amelia Island, Florida (which is where I’m headed on Sunday).  Once we all arrive on Sunday evening we’re loading in two beautiful new sets for a week-long corporate event.  I’ll post some photos of the sets once we’ve got them all put together.

On Tuesday, one of our trucks heads out from Amelia Island toward Houston, TX for another event on Thursday.  Scottie and Bill will be working with our friend Adam Christing with a long-standing client (six years) on an all-new interactive game show.

When both of these events conclude on Friday, Brian and Jon head back to Baraboo from Florida, with Bill and Scottie heading back from Texas.  I’ll be flying back just in time for eight more casino promotions over the weekend, and then the crew heads in two different directions once again the following week.

Bill and I take a trip to Atlantic City for a corporate and casino event while Scottie, Jon, and Brian load up both trucks and head to Oklahoma City for one corporate event, and then down to San Marcos, Texas for our eighth consecutive year with Southern Tire Mart.

We’ll also be delivering our Lucky Rollers Casino Promotion to Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee where lucky contestants could win up to $5,000 March 8 through April 12.

Dan has been burning the midnight oil putting the final touches on the Lucky Rollers promotion – which utilizes our custom mega-kiosk structure that is able to accomodate a number of our interactive casino promotions.  Our first promotion with the mega-kiosk was Bird Bash, which had an incredible first run at Fitzgerald’s Tunica and is now at Potawatomi Carter Casino through the end of February.  Kudos to Dan for your hard work and helping create these fantastic promotions!

Once we get back from San Marcos on March 9th, we’re heading out again the following Monday for a corporate event in Jacksonville, FL (…we LOVE going to Florida during Wisconsin’s cold months).  We’ll be back in Baraboo for St. Patrick’s Day (wish you were here Robert! - www.gameshow.ie) and then it’s off to Chicago for a major fund-raising event to close out March.

April brings another full month of corporate events and casino promotions, but that’s for a future blog.  It’s been a crazy schedule for everyone (on the road 49 of 60 days in January and February), but we’re very pleased to be busy.  We want to give a huge THANK YOU to all of our clients for helping 2012 be our best year ever!

As for the title of the blog, we ARE talking with a certain Mr. Thicke about a new game show.  That’s all for this post…

Until next time, keep on playing!

I’ve got a few minutes to update our blog between shows.  2012 has started off as our busiest year ever!  January started in Tunica, MS with our Bird Bash Casino Promotion at Fitzgerald’s.  We then headed to Los Angeles where we produced a corporate event with John O’Hurley as our host.  From LA we went to Vegas for a few days for another event, and then drove back to California for another corporate event in Newport Beach.  We finished out the month in Palm Springs at Agua Caliente Casino where we were sponsors of the 14th Annual Indian Gaming Marketing Conference.

February has just started and we’re back at Fitzgerald’s in Tunica, MS producing two events featuring our Risks and Rewards Game Show for their top tier card holders.   From here, we head to Orlando for a two-day corporate event, and then head back to Wisconsin where we’re hosting a record-setting THIRTY casino promotions through the end of the month.  February may be the shortest month, but with a total of 40 productions booked, we’re making this a Leap Year to remember!

We have a crew meeting in just over a half-hour, so I’ve got to head down to the green room.  We’ll have plenty of photos from our February events in an upcoming post.

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That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing!

I want to start this post by saying THANK YOU to all of our clients who made 2011 our best year ever!  70% of our business in 2011 was repeat business.  Game Show America sincerely appreciates you making us part of your families with your events.  That makes 30% of our business new clients.  We look forward to working with ALL of you again in 2012!

What helps keep Game Show America the leader in corporate and casino game shows is the dedication and hard work from the crew.  I want to thank my entire crew at Game Show America for being the best crew in the world!  You all make coming to work FUN!

2012 kicks off big with our all new Bird Bash casino promotion in Mississippi and a HUGE corporate event in Los Angeles with John O’Hurley.  Also in January, we’ll be showcasing our latest casino promotions at the Indian Gaming Marketing Conference at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California.  We’re looking forward to networking with many of our casino clients at the conference.

Game Show America wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season.  We’ll see you next year!  That’s all for this post.  Until next year…keep on playing!

We’re almost done with 2011, and what a year it’s been!  Our Q4 has been filled with exciting productions and promotions.  October brought Tic Tac GO! to Fitzgerald’s in Tunica, Mississippi.  In November, we brought SpinMania to Fitz and moved Tic Tac GO! to Potawatomi Carter Casino in Northern Wisconsin.  This past week the GSA Crew was in Murfreesboro, Tennessee for the TASBO Conference (a weeklong production that started Sunday and concluded Friday).   Their featured keynote speaker was four-time Super Bowl Champion Rocky Bleier (Pittsburgh Steelers – Super Bowls IX; X; XIII; XIV).

TASBO General Session produced by Game Show America

The GSA Crew for TASBO: Jim, Scottie, Matt and Jon

The GSA Tech Station at the TASBO event

Rocky Bleier with his four Super Bowl Rings while playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowls IX; X; XIII; XIV)

Every Saturday in November, GSA has been at Potawatomi Carter Casino hosting Tic Tac GO!  We’ll be hosting the promotion through December 10^th, which is our final show for the year.  2011 has been Game Show America’s best year ever, and we all look forward to a busy 2012.  The new year starts January 5^th and has everyone on the road through the end of April with 20 shows already on the books.

Thanksgiving is just a few days away (we’re heading to Vegas for Thanksgiving!) and I wanted to thank my entire crew for their hard work and dedication to keeping Game Show America the leader in corporate game shows and interactive casino promotions.

Special thanks goes out to Dan for burning the midnight oil and kicking butt with our new HTML5 mobile platform games.  Watch for some awesome Game Show America apps in early 2012.

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing!

As I sit here on a quiet Sunday morning, I think about how 2011 started, where it’s gone, and what’s next for 2012.  We’ve had our best year ever in 2011, and the forecast for 2012 is nothing shy of amazing.  Over the past year, Game Show America has developed into an exceptional corporation and developed a long term sustainability plan which we see put into action each and every day.

Game Show America now has three distinct divisions: GSA Corporate (corporate game shows and event production), GSA Casino (casino floor promotions and live game shows), and GSA Media (concept, design, licensing, and production of game shows for television, internet, and mobile devices).  In upcoming blogs we will highlight each division and introduce you to the GSA staff that makes the magic happen.

Part of our sustainability plan is to continue to design new and exciting promotions for our casino clients.  These promotions help them draw players to their casinos.  GSA Casino has four new casino promotions: Bird Bash, Moneycomb, Charge It!, Money Match.  Bird Bash will be debuting at Fitzgerald’s in Tunica, Mississippi in January.

To close out 2011, our SpinMania promotion will be at Fitzgerald’s for November and December.  SpinMania is offered in two sizes depending on the space available in the casino.  Below is a photo of our SpinMania with a 5′ x 5′ footprint.

Game Show America's presents SpinMania

Also in November and December, our Tic Tac GO! promotion will move from Fitzgerald’s to Potawatomi Carter Casino in Wabeno, Wisconsin.  The promotion will be every Saturday from November 5 through December 10 and will be hosted by Game Show America’s hosts!  You could win up to $5,000!

Game Show America presents Tic Tac GO!

With Game Show America expanding our casino division, we have given our casino website an all-new look.  Check out the new GSA Casino website to learn more about our floor promotions and exciting stage show, Risks and Rewards.

For those of you who haven’t been to our Facebook page, follow this link, or scan the QR Code below with your smartphone and “Like” us.  We will be featuring some upcoming contests available only to our Facebook Fans.

That’s all for this post.  Until next time, keep on playing!