What’s Included in Casino Table Hire for Corporate Events?

Booking a casino night for a corporate event sounds like the fun part. Sourcing the kit, finding qualified staff, working out how many tables you actually need, and making sure it all runs to time around dinner or an awards ceremony is where it starts to feel like a project. The whole point of hiring casino tables through a corporate events team is that none of that lands on your desk. The package arrives, gets set up, runs cleanly through the evening, and gets packed down without you lifting anything heavier than a chip stack.

This guide walks through what’s included when you choose a casino night for a corporate event, what shapes the cost, and the practical details planners ask about before they sign off.

What’s Included as Standard with Casino Table Hire?

A full corporate casino package covers the equipment, the people, and the running of the evening, all under one quote. With NewWave Events, which includes full-size casino tables, professional croupiers, fun money which can be personalised, set-up and pack-down, and a clear running order that ties in with the rest of your event. There’s nothing for you to source separately, and nothing for your venue to provide beyond the room itself.

The package slots straight into a corporate evening. Whether you’re following on from a conference, a team meal, an awards dinner, or a Christmas party, the casino is treated as the entertainment within a wider event rather than a stand-alone night.

Full-Size Casino Tables

The tables are the same size and finish you’d see in a London casino, not folding novelty versions. The look of the room when guests walk in is most of what they remember, and proper baize, professional layouts, and full-size dimensions are the difference between an evening that feels premium and one that feels like a school fete.

A typical corporate casino night uses a mix of casino table hire games: roulette, blackjack, and often a third option such as poker or craps, depending on group size and venue space. Roulette and blackjack are the two that everyone recognises and the two that draw the biggest crowds, which is why most evenings are built around them.

Professional Croupiers

Each table is run by a professional croupier in formal dress. They handle the game flow, explain the rules to anyone who hasn’t played before, and make sure no one feels stuck on the sidelines. Most of the room will have either never played a casino game or only played casually, and the croupier’s job is to make that completely fine.

Experienced croupiers also pace the evening, keeping a table moving when the crowd is high-energy and easing off when guests want to chat. That subtle pacing is what stops a casino night from peaking too early or fizzling out before dessert.

Fun Money You Can Brand

There is no real money involved. Guests are issued with fun money, which can be personalised with your company branding, an event theme, or the name of whoever you want to honour on the night. Personalised notes become a small but memorable detail: people pocket them, share them on the company channels, and they sit alongside the photos as a tangible reminder of the evening.

The process is straightforward: send across a logo or design, and the notes are produced to match. It works particularly well for milestone events, anniversaries, or evenings designed to reinforce a specific company message.

How Many Casino Tables Do You Need?

A rough rule for corporate casino evenings is one table per fifteen to twenty guests, though it depends on how casino-led the night is. When the casino is the main entertainment, you want enough tables that no one is waiting for a seat. Run it alongside a dinner or a band, and you can afford a lighter setup, because guests rotate through naturally.

For 50 guests, two or three tables work well. For 100 to 150, four to six tables is the usual spread. Groups of 200 or more typically run a mix of six to ten tables with multiple croupiers rotating. The events team will recommend a configuration based on your numbers, your venue’s footprint, and how much of the evening is casino-focused.

How Is a Corporate Casino Night Likely to Unfold?

The evening tends to follow a natural shape. Guests arrive, collect their fun money, and start drifting to the tables. Croupiers begin running games as soon as the first players sit down, and the room fills out over the first thirty to forty-five minutes.

The casino usually runs for two to three hours of active play. Some clients add a prize-giving at the end for the highest chip count, which gives the night a clear finish and a final group moment. Others let it run more loosely and use the casino as background entertainment around a meal or speeches. Either format works, and the events team will help you decide based on the rest of the agenda.

A casino night also pairs neatly with other formats. Pre-dinner drinks at the tables, a corporate race night earlier in the evening, or live music alongside the tables all work well. For clients building a fuller programme, see the full evening entertainment range.

Office, Hotel, or Hired Venue

Casino tables can be set up almost anywhere with enough floor space and a power supply. Plenty of corporate evenings run in offices with the boardroom or canteen cleared out, others in hotel function rooms, members’ clubs, or hired venues. The kit travels in flight cases, and the team sets up on the day, usually needing two to three hours before guests arrive.

For groups without a venue in mind, the events team can help with venue search across London, Manchester, Birmingham, Windsor, Oxford, Bristol, and Milton Keynes, as well as nationally. For wholly indoor formats, the casino fits naturally within the wider indoor events range.

What Shapes the Cost?

Casino night cost depends on three things: the number of tables, the length of play, and any extras such as personalised fun money or themed décor. As a guide, a small corporate casino night with two tables for around 40 guests starts in the lower hundreds per table, with larger setups for 150-plus guests scaling accordingly.

What you’re paying for is the full package: tables, equipment, professional croupiers, set-up, pack-down, and the events manager who plans and runs the evening. There are no per-guest charges and no surprise extras. Quotes are issued in writing before booking, with everything itemised.

Why Do Casino Nights Work So Well for Corporate Groups?

A well-run casino night puts everyone on the same footing. There’s no fitness component, no awkward icebreaker, and no team-versus-team competition. Senior leaders and graduates end up on the same table, learning the same rules from the same croupier, and that flatter dynamic is what makes the format work as a team-building exercise dressed as entertainment.

It also scales. A casino night for 30 looks different from one for 300, but the format flexes naturally: the pace, table count, and running order shift, while the experience for each guest stays consistent.

NewWave Events has run corporate casino nights for groups across tech, finance, professional services, and retail, around dinners, awards ceremonies, conference closes, and Christmas parties. To talk through your numbers, venue, and dates, contact our team for a tailored quote.

Casino Night for a Corporate Event FAQs

What’s included as standard with casino table hire?

A standard package includes full-size casino tables, professional croupiers in formal dress, fun money which can be personalised, all gaming equipment, and set-up and pack-down on the day. An events manager plans the running order with you in advance and is on site to deliver the evening. You provide the room, the guests, and any food or drink alongside.

Do you provide professional croupiers?

Yes. Every casino table comes with a professional croupier who runs the game, teaches the rules to first-time players, and keeps the pace right for a corporate crowd. Croupiers are experienced at working corporate evenings and know how to make sure guests who have never played feel welcome at the table.

Can the fun money be branded with our company logo?

Yes. The fun money can be personalised with your company logo, event branding, or a bespoke design. Send across your artwork ahead of the event, and the notes will be produced to match. Many clients use personalised notes to mark anniversaries, milestones, or themed evenings, and guests often keep them as a memento afterwards.

How long does the casino table hire run for?

Most corporate casino nights run for two to three hours of active play, usually slotted between drinks and a sit-down meal or after dinner. The events team can extend the play time for longer evenings or tighten it for shorter slots within a packed agenda. Set-up usually takes two to three hours before guests arrive, with pack-down handled the same evening.

Do you use real money?

No. Corporate casino nights use fun money only, so there are no licensing complications and no financial risk to guests. Players exchange their fun money for chips at the table and play purely for the experience and any prizes you choose to award at the end. That keeps the format suitable for any corporate audience and any venue.

How many casino tables do we need for our group?

A useful rule is one table per fifteen to twenty guests if the casino is the main entertainment. For 50 guests, two or three tables work well. For 100 to 150, plan on four to six. Larger groups of 200 or more usually run six to ten tables with croupiers rotating. The events team will recommend a setup based on your numbers, venue, and running order.

How much does it cost to hire casino tables for a corporate event?

Casino night cost depends on the number of tables, the length of play, and any added extras such as personalised fun money or themed décor. Small two-table setups for around 40 guests start in the lower hundreds per table, with larger configurations scaling accordingly. Every quote is itemised in writing before booking, with no per-guest charges or surprise costs added on the night.

Can casino tables be set up at our office, or do we need a venue?

Casino tables can be set up at your office, a hotel function room, a members’ club, or any hired venue with enough floor space and a power supply. Set-up takes two to three hours on the day. If you don’t have a venue in mind, the events team can help with venue finding across London, Manchester, Birmingham, Windsor, Oxford, Bristol, Milton Keynes, and nationally.