Add Balloons Manually
To add balloons manually, go to your admin URL and login. Click on: Scroll down to: Add as many as you like.
Legal Classification
Without the free entry option the software requires an ELMOL (External Lottery Manager Operating Licence) and a Remote Gambling Software Operating Licence – both of these are required on an annual basis which makes the product unviable. Even if you have a lottery licence – the software does not. So to run a race without […]
Changing Backgrounds
You can change (& upload) the background when the race is live – and you can change it as often as you like. Why not change the background on a regular basis whilst your race is live, you can upload your own or use the pre-uploaded library. See examples of uploaded backgrounds here. After you’ve […]
Active / inactive balloons
The inactive balloons are balloons that have been created but payment not completed. On most occasions the buyer returns, starts again and buys a different balloon. There’s lots of reasons for this (listed below) but the most common is not having your card details to hand after creating the balloon. If you’re paid cash for […]
Free Entry by Post
We’ve updated our free “online” entry button to “Entry by Post” and this links to a page where you can build your balloon and print & post a PDF or copy an example postcard: Next we’ll add the following wording: “Online paid entries must register their balloons 2 days before the race start date. Postal […]
balloonrace.com relaunch
The relaunch is getting closer. I’ve been given the go ahead from my solicitor to add a FREE entry by post button – this changes the software from a lottery to a Free Prize Draw. The free entry button will be compulsory on all races. Entries via the free postal option will need a cut […]
Christmas Virtual Balloon Race
The Christmas balloons have now gone live.
Halloween Virtual Balloons
Today we added more balloons and ducks to all races. With 4 Spooky balloons added to the selection it’s now possible to build a Halloween theme when adding the haunted house backdrop. Again, with the ducks, when adding the river background you can build a virtual duck race.
Backgrounds
It’s now possible to change the background the balloons fly over & upload your own background. The backgrounds need to be 1920 x 1600 pixels. See full guide and details on changing & uploading the backgrounds.
Balloon Race Updates
Here’s a few recent updates over the summer 2020: 29/04/2020 – We created the leaderboard widget to place the live leaderboard on any third party website. 22/05/2020 – We added a duck therefore making it possible to run a virtual duck race. More coloured ducks are on the way. 29/06/2020 We made the register a […]