Make Your School Festival Buzz with a Casino! Classic Games and Classroom-Friendly Ideas

Handmade roulette

[Ultra-Realistic Casino Experience] A Must-See for DIY Fans: A Handmade Roulette That Gets Everyone From Kids to Adults Super Excited

Some classes might set up booths offering a casino experience at school festivals.

Here’s how to make a roulette wheel that could come in handy for that.

The materials are cardboard and bamboo skewers.

After cutting out the parts with a circle cutter and a utility knife, glue them together with wood glue.

Once you’ve made the rotating inner part and the fixed outer part, insert a bamboo skewer through the inner part.

Finally, make a marble slide.

Drop a marble onto the rotating inner section, and the number is determined by the slot where it lands.

Once you make it, you can keep playing with it, so give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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mahjong

[For Absolute Beginners] The World’s Easiest Guide to Mahjong Rules [Part 1]

Mahjong is a four-player table game where you aim to complete hands by assembling tiles into scoring combinations.

With its distinctive tile arrangements and scoring rules, it may seem difficult at first, but even learning a few basic hands is enough to enjoy the game.

If you plan to play at a school festival, preparing beginner-friendly rules and a quick reference sheet for hands will make it easy for anyone to join.

Amid the quiet rhythm of drawing and discarding tiles, the sense of achievement when you complete your target shape is exceptional.

Spectators, too, will naturally find themselves drawn into the outcome of the match.

Because the game requires concentration, it offers a different atmosphere from everyday excitement, which is part of its appeal.

Hosting class-versus-class matches or a tournament is also a great way to energize the venue.

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Money Wheel

How to Play: Money Wheel

The money wheel, which has a strong element of luck and a thrilling feel, pairs well with effects using projectors or apps and makes for an exciting game in classrooms or gymnasiums.

Numbers are arranged on the wheel, and players bet by predicting which number it will stop on.

If the wheel stops on the predicted number, players earn points based on the amount they wagered.

Although it looks simple, there’s more strategy than meets the eye, and it’s fun to calculate probabilities and returns.

It also highlights each player’s style—whether they spread their bets or go all-in on a single number.

Having someone act as a dealer adds a more authentic atmosphere and helps the whole audience get into the excitement.

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Monopoly

Let’s understand how to roll the dice in Monopoly Live – rules and features

Speaking of Monopoly, it’s one of the classic board games that progresses in a sugoroku-style format with a real estate trading theme.

In fact, there are games at online casinos that incorporate Monopoly.

To put it simply, it’s like a combination of roulette and Monopoly.

Players place bets predicting where the dealer’s roulette will land, and if they’re right, they receive payouts accordingly.

If you bet on “2 ROLLS” or “4 ROLLS” on the roulette and it lands there, the Monopoly feature starts.

With 2 ROLLS you roll two dice, and with 4 ROLLS you roll four dice, and the payout is determined by the space you land on.

You’ll need to create your own roulette and Monopoly board spaces, but it seems like a familiar and exciting game.

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Hane Keisuke

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Origami poker chip

Origami Poker Chip

We’ll show you how to make poker chips used in casino poker games out of origami.

Fold while making crisp creases as you go.

Fold it into a pinwheel shape, then inflate the pocket section to form the round disk shape of a poker chip.

By using origami paper in your favorite colors or with patterns, you can create original poker chips.

Once you tidy up the shape at the end, it’s done! The steps are simple and easy to follow, so give it a try.

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medal game

[Dream Home Arcade Complete] A full reveal of how to build a medal game out of cardboard! Ideas for easy, exciting play at home

This is a medal game you can make by customizing cardboard and set up in classrooms or hallways for a school festival.

If you get creative with the lever and coin slot, you can build a realistic, three-dimensional machine.

When you insert a medal, it travels down slopes and through dividers; it’s a success if it lands in a scoring zone or a prize zone.

To ensure the medals slide smoothly, it’s important to fine-tune the slope angles and the widths of the dividers.

By setting rules for how to play, you can tally points and rank players, enhancing the gameplay.

Not only is it fun to play, but the building process itself becomes a collaborative class activity, making it a memorable idea for the school festival.

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A slot machine that moves with twine and stops with a magnet

[Craft] Moves with twine, stops with magnets. How to make a slot machine and how it works explained.

One of the classic casino games is the slot machine.

You can find them in many arcades, too.

If there were a slot machine at a school festival, people would probably think, “I want to try it!” It’s known for its spinning reels, but it seems difficult to make one yourself, right? Actually, you can build one using craft paper, twine, and a hot glue gun.

You can probably get everything at a 100-yen shop.

The reels are powered by the twine.

Playing with a slot machine is fun, but a handmade slot machine would likely spark even more excitement.

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Nakajima Junko

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