How to Fit Casino Tables Into Your Wedding Evening: Ideas for Every Stage

Looking for wedding evening entertainment ideas that suit every guest, from your gran to your university friends? Casino tables are a good answer, and the trick is fitting them around the moments you care about rather than competing with them. Premium Fun Casino has set up casino tables at weddings for 15 years, and this is how we would plan the evening around the speeches, the first dance and the food. If you want the full picture of how wedding casino hire works, start on that page.

Start With the Moments You Want Everyone to See

Before you think about tables, write down the three or four moments that every guest should be in the room for. For most couples that means the speeches, the cake, the first dance and the evening food. The casino is for the time in between, so it works best when it opens straight after a key moment and pauses just before the next one.

A croupier can pause play with a simple announcement, so the room turns to you for the first dance and goes straight back to the tables afterwards. Tell us your running order and we will plan around it.

Drinks Reception or Evening? Choose by Your Guest List

Both work, and they feel different.

• Drinks reception: Tables give guests something to do while you are away for photographs. It suits a smaller, daytime guest list, and everyone arrives already mixing.

• Evening reception: This is when more people arrive, including colleagues and friends who were not at the ceremony. The tables give late arrivals an easy way to join in without having to find someone they know.

If you only want one session, the evening usually gives the bigger crowd. If your day is long, a short session at the drinks reception and another in the evening can keep the energy up.

Plan Around the Food

Food draws people away from the tables, so use that. Open the tables after the meal while plates are cleared, then let play ease off when the evening food comes out. Guests with a plate in one hand will not be playing roulette, and that is fine. Keep the tables away from the buffet and the bar so queues do not tangle with players. If you are not sure where things should go, send us your floor plan and we will suggest a layout.

Give Non-Dancers Somewhere to Be

Not everyone wants to dance, and a lot of guests quietly dread the dance floor. A casino corner is a calm alternative, away from the loudest speakers, where people can chat, watch and play at their own pace. Set it up in a separate room or the far side of the venue if you can. Guests who would have sat at their table looking at their phone end up laughing at a blackjack table instead.

A quiet lounge corner needs very little: a couple of tables, enough room to stand around them and somewhere to put a drink. Our blackjack table hire page shows how that game works, and it is a good fit for a relaxed corner because rounds are quick and easy to join.

Mix the Ages Without Anyone Feeling Out of Place

A wedding rarely has one age group. Pick games that let a seventy-year-old and a twenty-five-year-old play side by side.

• Roulette is easy to follow, with plenty of watching and cheering. See our roulette table hire page.

• Blackjack is quick to learn with a croupier guiding each hand.

• The Money Wheel needs no skill at all.

• Texas Hold'em Poker suits guests who like a longer game.

We hire six tables: Roulette (8ft x 4ft), Blackjack (6ft x 4ft), Texas Hold'em Poker (8ft x 4ft), 3 Card Poker (6ft x 4ft), Dice/Craps (6ft x 4ft) and the Money Wheel (6ft x 4ft). With over 25 tables in stock, you can choose a mix that suits your guest list and your space. Everyone plays with fun money, so nobody gambles real money and nobody feels pressured to join.

Add a Little Competition

A prize for the guest with the most fun money at the end of the evening gives the tables a finish line. It can be a bottle, a small gift or simply a round of applause. Announce the winner just before the last dance or the evening food, so the casino ends on a high and everyone is back in one room.

Make the Fun Money Yours

Our oversized fun money can be printed with your names and your wedding date. Guests keep it as a souvenir, and it sits in the photographs. This is charged as an extra, so mention it when you ask for your quote and we will explain how it works.

Check the Practical Bits Early

Tell us your venue, guest numbers and finish time, and we will advise how many tables fit. Hotels, function rooms and marquees all work, and we can host from 20 up to 200 guests. We are based in London NW3 and cover venues across the UK. Travel charges may apply outside London. Every quote is built from scratch around your day.

Plan Your Evening With Us

Tell us about your running order, your guests and your venue, and we will help you decide where the tables fit. Get a free quote and we will take it from there.