• The ultimate venue footy tipping solution.

    Attract more sports lovers into your venue, and keep them coming back.

  • Introducing QuizzaMe

    Bringing game show fun out of the lounge room and into your venue!

  • Poker

    Be a part of the biggest poker leagues in Australia

  • Trivia

    Boost your bar and bistro with our exciting trivia events

  • Sports Tipping

    Take the hassle out of your footy tipping with our local and national comps

  • Welcome to Full House Group

    We help Australian venues become the social hub of their community
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Your Venue

Full House Group’s entertainment solutions are designed to drive a number of key areas in your business.

Increase Visitation

Our entertainment options are designed to bring more patrons into your venue, more often.

Boost Food and Beverage

While enjoying a Full House Group event your patrons will make the most of your food and beverage offerings.

Reward Your Members

Give your patrons more reasons to visit and more opportunities to win cash and prizes when they do.

Leverage Our Network

Take advantage of our huge network of players. We will work with you to drive more players to your event.

Communicate

Our marketing capabilities mean you can reach out to your patrons to promote all aspects of your venue.

Sportspick

Take the hassle out of your footy tipping in 2019 with Sportspick

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Why Us

  • Our History
  • Our Process
  • Our Team

  • 1999

    Sportspick was launched as the nation’s first web based tipping comp via The Age

  • 2000

    With the backing of CUB Sportspick entered Victorian pubs and clubs and was hosted on a small EFTPOS style terminal

  • 2001

    Sportspick expanded into the South Australian (AFL) and New South Wales (NRL) markets

  • 2005

    Sportspick worked with TabCorp to develop the R&R loyalty program, with Sportpsick being a major component of the programs content

  • 2006

    Launch the National Poker League brand in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania

  • 2007

    Business incorporating Sportspick and National Poker League becomes known as Full House Group

  • 2008

    Sportspick now hosted nationwide, after move into Western Australia and Northern Territory

  • 2009

    National Poker League rebrands to the 888 Poker League, Sportspick introduces Punters Challenge

  • 2011

    Full House Group takes over Australian Poker League, Australia’s biggest venue poker supplier

  • 2012

    Introduction of InnQUIZitive Trivia into over 100 venues on the East Coast. Launch first national poker final, The Main Event

  • 2013

    APL and 888PL send over 50 representatives to compete at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas

  • 2014

    Launch of QuizzaMe, the only fully hosted game show style trivia event for Australian venues

  • 2015

    Full House group becomes a major venue consultant during the launch of pre-commitment in Victorian gaming venues

  • 2016

    Launch of CoachKings, the world’s first Daily Fantasy Sports solution for pubs and clubs

  • Your needs

    Our Business Development Managers will liaise with you to discuss what areas of your venue we can assist in developing

  • Planning

    We will work with you to tailor an entertainment package designed to boost visitation and spend

  • Marketing

    We will promote your event to our network and your patrons through a range of marketing channels

  • Monitoring

    Our Business Development Managers will analyse and endeavour to maintain the growth of your events

Garry Nicholson – Chairman

A founding member and former CEO of the Full House Group Garry has overseen the expansion of the business into the poker and trivia markets. Garry is now responsible for sourcing new venue solutions, making sure our business partners have access to the most current entertainment options.

Brayden Haynes – CEO

Brayden joined the Full House Group in 2006 after a number of years in the Sports Marketing industry and was the driving force behind Full House Group’s move into the poker market. After taking over the role of CEO in 2013 Brayden has overseen Full House Group’s expansion into every Australian state and territory.

Peter Shaw - Executive Director

Peter was a founding member of the business, which started in 1999 as Sportspick. In the years since Peter has worked to oversee the implementation of a number of new initiatives at Full House Group. He now manages the Sales Team in their endeavours to provide the best entertainment packages to venues Australia wide.

Our Team

Full House Group is made up of an enthusiastic team with hundreds of years combined experience in the hospitality event and marketing industry.

Our team includes over 30 full times employees across our Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland offices. We also boast an expansive network of Licensees, Business Development Managers and Tournament Directors and Hosts across the country.

Our team is by far the most experienced provider of venue entertainment and loyalty solutions in Australia and every member is keen to work with you in providing exciting events and promotions in your venue.

OUR VENUE PARTNERS

We are proud to work with some of Australia’s biggest and most iconic venues groups. Our partners have been great supporters of our entertainment solutions and with them we have driven visitation and built relationships with patrons across Australia.

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The Full House Project

Inspiration

Welcome to 2019!

February 1, 2019
Well, we’ve made it through the festive season! With Australia Day behind us this is the chance for the hospitality industry to catch it’s breath. It’s no doubt been a hectic period with Christmas and New Year’s events, summer holidays and plenty of activities in venues across the country. Now that things have settled down a bit we’re looking forward to a great 2019. Here at Full House Group we’re excited to bring you a range of new innovations and events designed to drive visitation and spend at your venue. Can you believe that the AFL and NRL seasons kick off in less than two months? Sports Bars around the country will no doubt be thinking about their footy tipping comps. Check out how our Sportspick Game Zone can help take the hassle out of your tipping comps as well as promoting live sport and venue promotions. This month we were joined by Jock Reynolds, footy tipping guru, who shared some valuable insights for venues in how to get the most out of their tipping competitions. Keep an eye out for some exciting announcements from Jock in the coming weeks. In other exciting news, the APL Million, our marquee poker tournament held annually at The Star, is only four weeks away! This is the biggest poker league based poker tournament in the world and we’re guaranteeing $250,000 to the winner and a $1,000,000 total prize pool. Last year’s winner Sam Dessaix-Porter is now living his poker dream, travelling the world competing in major tournaments. He won his way into the APL Million from a weekly poker tournament at his local venue, a venue just like yours. Check out Sam’s exciting win here. Keep an eye for more APL Million news as it comes to hand and good luck to all our qualifiers. We look forward to providing you with solutions to help your venue become the social hub of your community in 2019 and hope to hear from you soon.
Footy Tipping

Time to plan your footy tipping competition!

January 23, 2019
Footy season is just around the corner.. Which means it’s time for Pubs, Clubs and RSLs to start planning their 2019 footy tipping competition! The best venues know that a great footy tipping competition really drives patrons through the doors. However, running it all manually is a huge job that takes a lot of time and effort. In this video, learn more about how Sportspick does all that heavy lifting for you; Sportspick Super Tipper is included when you order Sportspick GameZone. Sportspick GameZone is our end to end sports bar marketing tool which is designed to attract more sports fans into your venue, and to keep them coming back on a regular basis. You can also click here to find out why Sharni Mott from Nerang RSL and Memorial Club thinks that Sportspick has been a “lifesaver” for her club! LEARN MORE ABOUT SPORTSPICK GAMEZONE Ready to get started? Get in touch using the form below and we’ll arrange for a visit!

Case Study: Sportspick Super Tipper at Nerang RSL & Memorial Club

January 22, 2019
With the start of footy season fast approaching pubs and clubs around Australia will no doubt be considering their footy tipping competition offerings. One of the decisions many venues will face is whether to invest in an automated tipping solution or deal with a time consuming manually run tipping comp. Senior Sports Bar Steward at the Nerang RSL and MemoriaL Club, Sharni Mott, has found Sportpsick’s Super Tipper comp to be a  “lifesaver.” The automated comp has taken away most of the manual work that would otherwise be required to run a traditional tipping competition. “If we weren’t using Sportspick I would have to have a whole day of work dedicated to keeping it all up to date,” said Sharni. “We’ve had Sportspick going on eight years, we used to do it all manually and Sportspick is far easier.” FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SPORTSPICK GAMEZONE HERE Sportpsick is fully automated so venues simply need to set an entry fee and decide on how the cash is allocated to winners. New players receive a Sportspick members card and enter their details on the automoted tipping terminal. All scores and leaderboards are fully automated, meaning there is very little required from venues and no more scoring disputes! By promoting their Sportspick offering to new and potential patrons Sharni has noticed a positive effect on visitation. “It’s definitely bringing people in more often,” she said, referring to the venues NRL tipping comps, which in 2018 had 95 participants. These members are onsite each week to participate in Sportspick’s NRL Super Tipper comp. Asked if most players stuck around for a few drinks after coming in to place tips Sharni replied, “they certainly do. It adds atmosphere to the venue having those people participating.” “We advertise a lot through social media, text message and email,” said Sharni. On top of the local venue prizes players are also competing for a share of $200,000 in cash and prizes offered by Sportspick in national comps. With the season approaching Sharni and other Sports Bar staff around Australia will be launching their tipping comps with a minimum of fuss thanks to Sportspick’s fully automated Super Tipper comps. “I would certainly recommend it to other venues,” said Sharni. “it’s been a lifesaver for us.”
Footy Tipping

Sportspick Sports Stakes

December 13, 2018
Drive bar spend with Sports Stakes It’s quick, it’s simple – and sports fans love it! Sportspick Sports Stakes is a lucky win game that encourages your patrons to stick around for longer when watching the game. It’s one of the many ways that Sportspick GameZone not only attracts more sports fans into your venue, but keeps them coming back for more. Watch to learn more about how it all works. Sportspick GameZone is our end to end sports bar marketing tool, designed to attract more sports fans into your venue, and to keep them coming back on a regular basis. LEARN MORE ABOUT SPORTSPICK GAMEZONE Like to learn more? Get in touch using the form below and we’ll arrange for a visit!
Insight

Case Study: Sports Stakes at C.ex Servicemens Woolgoolga

December 13, 2018
Friday night footy is a proven performer for Sports Bars at pubs and clubs around Australia. There’s no surer way to fill your bar full of patrons keen for a beer and a chat while enjoying the live broadcast. With this in mind the Sportspick team designed Sports Stakes to capitalise on the unique opportunity that Friday nights AFL and NRL games offer, as well as a new Big Bash League comp for your cricket fans. We recently caught up with John Clarke from Coffs Ex Servicemens Club Woolgoolga to discuss what Sports Stakes has done to boost venue atmosphere during the broadcast while increasing visitation and spend. Coffs Ex Servicemens Club began utilising the Sports Stakes component of their Sportspick tipping system approximately four years ago. Sports Stakes players are given a code when they purchase a nominated product at the bar. They use this code at the Sportspick terminal where they will receive a Sports Stakes entry ticket for the evening’s game. (See more on how Sports Stakes works below.) John and the team at the Club were surprised at how eagerly players took to the promotion, “mate, if they don’t get a ticket they scream,” he said. The real strength of Sports Stakes is the clear return on investment, with players needing to make a bar purchase to receive a code. “We give them a ticket for every Tooheys product they purchase,” said John. During this year’s Preliminary Final between Melbourne and Cronulla the venue had 337 entries and John believes many of these purchases can be attributed to Sports Stakes. “We have players come across from the other clubs on Friday. They come to play Sports Stakes, it’s a good thing we’ve got going,” he said. CHECK OUT THE SPORTSPICK GAME ZONE While Sports Stakes is a proven factor in boosting bar trade, it also adds an element of fun to the Friday night broadcast. “It really adds to the atmosphere,” says John, “we’re a country town full of rugby people. They really enjoy it, and they’re back in the following day to collect if they have won a prize.” John also believes dwell time is increased due to patrons interest in the results of the Sports Stakes comp: “Ninety per cent are sticking around (longer to watch the broadcast while entered into the Sports Stakes comp). It’s a pretty good winner for us.” Like to learn more? Get in touch using the form below and we’ll arrange for a visit!