Gitarzan
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You define a route.
Along the route are 4 fairly obscure stops.
Make a WRITTEN set of instructions, with each detail of the rides turns and stops. Make sure it's complicated and detailed enough that riders can't just determine where to go and beeline. It's all about the ride, after all. It should read like "Ride 1.5 miles (or KM) to the State Route 161 intersection, turn left. Ride 6 miles to to the Mud Pike Road, turn right. etc. Make it at least 10 directions per stop.
Each rider makes a donation, typically 10 to 20 dollars US.
At each stop each rider is handed a playing card.
At the final stop each rider is handed a final card.
Best poker hand wins 50% of the kitty. The rest goes to charity. Obviously with 5 decks of card you can have some interesting and creative poker hands, like 5 of a kind, etc.
Variations and other sweeteners are numbered tickets or next best winners getting door prizes (numbered tickets are easier to mess with). Have local merchants donate door prizes. Also simple games at the stops are fun. Dart throwing, etc. Pay for darts, win prizes or extra cards, for a chance of a better hand.
Afterward there's usually a free feed for riders and non- riders can buy food. Anything from hotdogs to barbeque.
I've been to ones where a Harley dealer take out an insurance policy and offers a free harley to whoever makes a 60 foot golf putt. Of course the putts cost a few bucks which go for the cause.
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