# Monopoly (game) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monopoly_(game) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monopoly_(game).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game) > Source revision: 1356826826 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for other uses|Monopoly (disambiguation)}} {{Short description|Property-trading board game}} {{about|the board game|the video games based on it|Monopoly video games{{!}}''Monopoly'' video games|the play-by-mail version of the game|Monopoly (play-by-mail game){{!}}''Monopoly'' (play-by-mail game)}} {{unreliable sources|date= September 2022}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023|cs1-dates=l}} {{Infobox game | title = ''Monopoly'' | italic title = yes | genre = [Board game](/source/Board_game) | subtitle = The Fast-Dealing Property Trading Game | logo = Monopoly logo white border.svg | logo_size = | logo_caption = | image = Monopoly board on white bg.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = London version of ''Monopoly'' | designer = Based on ''[The Landlord's Game](/source/The_Landlord's_Game)'' by [Lizzie Magie](/source/Lizzie_Magie) with addition of some artwork by [Charles Darrow](/source/Charles_Darrow){{Cite web |first=Burton H. |last=Wolfe |year=1976 |title=The Monopolization of Monopoly: Louis & Fred Thun |url=http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo15.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130215037/http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo15.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2009 |access-date=October 28, 2009 |website=The San Francisco Bay Guardian}}{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Tim |title=The secret history of Monopoly |work=The New World |issue=449 |publisher=The New European Ltd |date=August 28, 2025}} | illustrator = | publisher = {{plainlist| * [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro) (1992–present){{Cite news |last=Seay |first=Elizabeth |date=September 28, 1998 |title=Get on Board |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB906510123988667500 |access-date=January 11, 2017}} * [Parker Brothers](/source/Parker_Brothers) (1935–1991) * [Waddingtons](/source/Waddingtons) (UK, 1935–1986) * Winning Moves (licensed, 1997–present)[https://winningmoves.com.au/custom-games/monopoly/ Monopoly] at winningmoves.com * [Funskool](/source/Funskool) (India, 1987–present) }} | date = {{start date and age|1935}} | players = At least 2{{efn|The maximum number of players is equal to however many tokens are provided in the box. In modern copies, this is usually 8.}} | setup_time = 2–5 minutes | playing_time = 80–420 minutes | random_chance = High ([dice](/source/dice) rolling, card drawing) | ages = 8+ | skills = {{unbulleted list|[Negotiation](/source/Negotiation)|[Resource management](/source/Resource_management_(gaming))|[Financial management](/source/Financial_management)|[Strategy](/source/Strategy_game)}} }} '''''Monopoly''''' is a multiplayer economics-themed [board game](/source/board_game). In the game, players roll two standard dice (or one extra special red die depending on the game) to move their token clockwise around the game board, buying and trading properties and railroads and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through ''Chance'' and ''Community Chest'' cards and tax squares. Players receive a salary every time they pass "Go" and can end up in jail, from which they cannot move until they have met one of three conditions. [House rule](/source/House_rule)s, hundreds of different editions, many spin-offs, and related media exist. ''Monopoly'' has become a part of international popular culture, having been licensed locally in more than 113 countries and printed in more than 46 languages. {{As of|2015}}, it was estimated that the game had sold 275 million copies worldwide.{{cite web |last=Leopold |first=Todd |date=March 19, 2015 |title=Monopoly: At 80, it just keeps 'Go'-ing |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/living/feat-monopoly-80th-anniversary/index.html#:~:text=It%22s%20sold%20more%20than%20275,scrip%20if%20you%20need%20it |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=[CNN](/source/CNN)}} The properties on the original game board were named after locations in and around [Atlantic City, New Jersey](/source/Atlantic_City%2C_New_Jersey). The game is named after the economic concept of a [monopoly](/source/monopoly)—the domination of a market by a single entity. A core strategy is to buy up (or trade for) all the property of a certain color, or all the railroads. The game is derived from ''[The Landlord's Game](/source/The_Landlord's_Game)'', created in 1903 in the United States by [Lizzie Magie](/source/Lizzie_Magie), as a way to demonstrate that an economy rewarding individuals is better than one where monopolies hold all the wealth.{{Cite news |last=Pilon |first=Mary |author-link=Mary Pilon |date=February 13, 2015 |title=Monopoly's Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn't Pass 'Go' |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html |url-access=registration |access-date=February 14, 2015 |ref=none}}{{Cite magazine |date=2024-02-28 |title=Monopoly's Forgotten Left-Wing Origins |url=https://time.com/6835666/monopoly-left-wing-origins-essay/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303231015/https://time.com/6835666/monopoly-left-wing-origins-essay/ |url-status=dead }} It also served to promote the economic theories of [Henry George](/source/Henry_George)—in particular, his [ideas about taxation](/source/Georgism).{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Erica |author-link=Erica Wagner |date=June 24, 2015 |title=Do not pass go: the tangled roots of Monopoly |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/06/do-not-pass-go-tangled-roots-monopoly |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=[New Statesman](/source/New_Statesman)}} ''The Landlord's Game'' originally had two sets of rules, one with tax and another, on which the current rules are mainly based. [Parker Brothers](/source/Parker_Brothers) first published ''Monopoly'' in 1935. Parker Brothers was eventually absorbed into [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro) in 1991. ==History== {{Further|History of Monopoly|l1=History of ''Monopoly''}} ===Early history=== [[File:BoardGamePatentMagie.png|thumb|left|upright|Lizzie Magie's 1904 board design, ''[The Landlord's Game](/source/The_Landlord's_Game)'', was a predecessor of ''Monopoly'']] The history of ''Monopoly'' can be traced back to 1903,Sawyer, Keith. [https://sawyerpodcast.com/monopoly-invention-through-collaboration "Monopoly: Invention Through Collaboration."] ''[The Science of Creativity](/source/The_Science_of_Creativity_(podcast))'' (April 15, 2024) when American anti-monopolist [Lizzie Magie](/source/Lizzie_Magie) created a game called ''[The Landlord's Game](/source/The_Landlord's_Game)'' that she hoped would explain the [single-tax](/source/Georgism) theory of [Henry George](/source/Henry_George) as laid out in his book ''[Progress and Poverty](/source/Progress_and_Poverty)''. She devised the key features of the game. It was intended as an educational tool to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private [monopolies](/source/monopoly). She took out a patent in 1904. This shows the game's characteristic features of a square circuit consisting of corner squares (one the starting point) and a series of intervening spaces where players went round and round until the game's goal was reached. The railway stations were hazards, demanding a $5 fine. Players received money after completing each circuit. This design was different from other board games of the time. It is possible, but not definitely known, that she was inspired by a game called [Zohn Ahl](/source/Zohn_Ahl), played by the [Kiowa](/source/Kiowa) which had a similar shaped board but different rules, and was described in a book about games in 1898.{{cite book |last1=Clare |first1=Tim |title=The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too |date=2024 |publisher=Canongate Books |isbn=978-1805301349 |pages=256}}{{cite book |last1=Culin |first1=Stewart |title=Chess and Playing-Card |date=1898 |publisher=Washington |url=https://archive.org/details/chessplayingcard00culi/page/n7/mode/2up |access-date=7 September 2025}} Her game was self-published beginning in 1906.{{Cite book |last=Orbanes |first=Philip E. |url=https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil/page/22 |title=Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How it Got that Way |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2006 |isbn=0-306-81489-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil/page/22 22] |author-link=Philip Orbanes}}[https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-secrets-of-monopoly The Hidden Worlds of Monopoly From Atlantic City to high fashion to Karl Marx, the most recognizable board game has had serious cultural impact.] by Adrienne Raphel January 5, 2024, Atlas Obscura website. Magie created two sets of rules: an anti-monopolist set in which all were rewarded when wealth was created, and a monopolist set in which the goal was to create monopolies and crush opponents.{{Cite news |date=April 11, 2015 |title=The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board game's leftwing origins |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/secret-history-monopoly-capitalist-game-leftwing-origins}} Several variant board games, based on her concept, were developed from 1906 through the 1930s.[https://artsandculture.google.com/story/8wXRngw0ZZDFLQ Making Monopoly] They involved both the process of buying land for its development, and the sale of any undeveloped property. Cardboard houses were added, and rents increased as they were added to a property. Magie patented the game again in 1923.{{Cite book |last=Pilon |first=Mary |title=The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |isbn=978-1-60819-963-1 |location=New York, London |pages=30–41, 67–79, 84–89}} According to an advertisement placed in ''[The Christian Science Monitor](/source/The_Christian_Science_Monitor)'', Charles Todd of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) recalled the day in 1932 when his childhood friend Esther Jones and her husband, [Charles Darrow](/source/Charles_Darrow), came to his house for dinner. After the meal, the Todds introduced Darrow to ''The Landlord's Game'', which they then played several times. The game was entirely new to Darrow, and he asked the Todds for a written set of the rules. After that night, Darrow went on to utilize it to distribute the game himself as ''Monopoly''.{{sfn|Pilon|2015|pp=90–92, 132–133}} His only change was to add symbols for the electricity and water companies and for the railway stations. Darrow used [oil cloth](/source/oil_cloth) to create a game board, drawn by an artist, which is now in the collection of [The Strong National Museum of Play](/source/The_Strong_National_Museum_of_Play) after a $146,500 bid at [Sotheby's](/source/Sotheby's) in 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.mrt.com/entertainment/article/a-look-behind-the-scenes-at-the-national-toy-hall-19856190.php|title=They made 36 million Corn Poppers. Here's how they pick the right ones for the Toy Hall of Fame|last=Thompson|first=Carolyn|work=[Midland Reporter-Telegram](/source/Midland_Reporter-Telegram)|via=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|date=October 23, 2024|access-date=October 28, 2024}} The [Parker Brothers](/source/Parker_Brothers) bought the game's [copyright](/source/copyright)s from Darrow.{{Cite book |last=Brady |first=Maxine |title=The Monopoly Book |date=1974 |publisher=David McKay Co |isbn=0-679-20292-7 |location=New York |page=18}} When the company learned Darrow was not the sole inventor of the game, it bought the rights to Magie's patent for $500.{{Cite news |last=Chokshi |first=Niraj |date=September 12, 2019 |title=A New Monopoly Game Celebrates Women, but What About the One Behind the Original? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/ms-monopoly-lizzie-magie.html |access-date=July 27, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} Parker Brothers began marketing the game on November 5, 1935.{{Cite magazine |title=The Most Popular Game in History Almost Didn't Pass 'Go' |url=https://time.com/3546303/monopoly-1935/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |magazine=Time |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820064938/https://time.com/3546303/monopoly-1935/ |url-status=dead }} Cartoonist [F. O. Alexander](/source/F._O._Alexander) contributed the design.{{Cite web |last=Pilon |first=Mary |date=January 2015a |title=Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/monopoly-was-designed-teach-99-about-income-inequality-180953630/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine}} U.S. patent number ''US 2026082 A'' was issued to Charles Darrow on December 31, 1935, for the game board design and was assigned to Parker Brothers Inc.{{cite patent |country=US |number=2026082 |status=patent |title=Board Game Apparatus |gdate=1935-12-31 |pridate= |inventor=[Charles Darrow](/source/Charles_Darrow) |assign1=[Parker Brothers Inc.](/source/Parker_Bros.)}} The original version of the game in this format was based on the streets of [Atlantic City, New Jersey](/source/Atlantic_City%2C_New_Jersey). === 1936–1970 === Parker Brothers began licensing the game for sale outside the United States in 1936. In 1941, the British [Secret Intelligence Service](/source/Secret_Intelligence_Service) had [John Waddington Ltd.](/source/Waddingtons), the licensed manufacturer of the game in the United Kingdom, create a special edition for [World War II](/source/Second_World_War) [prisoners of war](/source/Prisoner_of_war) held by the [Nazis](/source/Nazi_Germany).{{Cite web |last=Brian McMahon |date=November 29, 2007 |title=How board game helped free POWs |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/05/mf.waropoly/index.html |access-date=December 7, 2007 |archive-date=December 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208181506/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/05/mf.waropoly/index.html |url-status=dead }} (originally on ''[Mental floss](/source/Mental_floss)'' magazine) Hidden inside these games were maps, [compass](/source/compass)es, real money, and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by fake charity organizations created by the British Secret Service.{{Cite web |last=Ki Mae Heussner |date=September 18, 2009 |title=Get Out of Jail Free: Monopoly's Hidden Maps |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/monopolys-hidden-escape-maps-free-pows/Story?id=8605905&page=3 |access-date=September 18, 2009 |website=[ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States))}} ===1970s–1980s=== Economics professor [Ralph Anspach](/source/Ralph_Anspach) published ''[Anti-Monopoly](/source/Anti-Monopoly)'' in 1973, and was sued for [trademark infringement](/source/trademark_infringement) by Parker Brothers in 1974. The case went to trial in 1976. Anspach won on appeals in 1979, as the [9th Circuit Court](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_9th_Circuit) determined that the trademark ''Monopoly'' was [generic](/source/generic_trademark) and therefore unenforceable.{{Cite news |date=October 20, 2009 |title=How a Fight Over a Board Game Monopolized an Economist's Life |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125599860004295449}} The [United States Supreme Court](/source/United_States_Supreme_Court) declined to hear the case, allowing the appellate court ruling to stand. This decision was overturned by the passage of Public Law 98-620 in 1984.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sji.gov/PDF/SJI_Authorization.pdf|title=Trademark Clarification Act of 1984}}{{sfn|Pilon|2015|p=241}} With that law in place, Parker Brothers and its parent company, [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro), continue to hold valid trademarks for the game ''Monopoly''. However, ''Anti-Monopoly'' was exempted from the law and Anspach later reached a settlement with Hasbro and marketed his game under license from them. ===Hasbro ownership=== Hasbro acquired Parker Bros. and thus ''Monopoly'' in 1991. Before the Hasbro acquisition, Parker Bros. acted as a publisher, issuing only two versions at a time, a regular and deluxe.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly |url=https://www.firstversions.com/2016/04/monopoly.html |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=www.firstversions.com}} Hasbro moved to create and license many other versions of ''Monopoly'' and sought public input in varying the game.{{Cite news |last=Rivenburg |first=Roy |date=June 6, 2005 |title=Still passing 'Go' |page=B5 |work=The Vindicator |agency=Los Angeles Times |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aqhIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1646,1276513&dq=monopoly+vote+1998+tokens&hl=en |access-date=January 11, 2017}} A new wave of licensed products began in 1994, when Hasbro granted a license to USAopoly to begin publishing a [San Diego](/source/San_Diego) Edition of ''Monopoly'',{{Cite news |last=Mannes |first=Tanya |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Board game inventors spill secrets |work=San Diego Union Tribune |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-board-game-inventors-spill-secrets-2011dec19-htmlstory.html |access-date=January 11, 2017}} which has since been followed by more than a hundred more licensees including Winning Moves Games (since 1995){{Cite news |last=DeMarco |first=Peter |date=October 22, 2009 |title=The chairman of the board |work=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |publisher=The Globe Company |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/22/the_chairman_of_the_board/?page=full |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205061513/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/22/the_chairman_of_the_board/?page=full |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018}} and Winning Solutions, Inc. (since 2000) in the United States. The company held a national tournament on a chartered train going from Chicago to Atlantic City (see {{section link||U.S. National Championship}}) in 2003. Also that year, Hasbro sued the maker of ''[Ghettopoly](/source/Ghettopoly)'' for violation of trademarks and copyrights{{Cite news |date=October 22, 2003 |title=Hasbro sues 'Ghettopoly' creator |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3339899 |access-date=March 4, 2018}} and won. In February 2005, the company sued RADGames over their Super Add-On accessory board game that fitted in the center of the board.{{Cite news |date=June 6, 2005 |title="Community Chest" of variations |page=B5 |work=The Vindicator |agency=Los Angeles Times |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aqhIAAAAIBAJ&dq=monopoly%20vote%201998%20tokens&pg=2083%2C1277599 |access-date=January 11, 2017}} The judge initially issued an injunction on February 25, 2005, to halt production and sales before ruling in RADGames's favor in April 2005.{{Cite news |last=Decker |first=Susan |date=April 8, 2005 |title=The maker of Monopoly game loses court ruling |work=Houston Chronicle |agency=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/The-maker-of-Monopoly-game-loses-court-ruling-1524635.php |access-date=December 4, 2018}} The Speed Die was added to all regular Monopoly sets in 2008. After polling their Facebook followers, Hasbro Gaming took the top house rules and added them to a House Rule Edition released in the fall of 2014 and added them as optional rules in 2015.{{Cite news |last=Italie |first=Leanne |date=April 4, 2014 |title=No rent from jail, bonus for snake eyes among 5 Monopoly house rules fans pick for new set |work=Star Tribune |agency=AP |url=http://www.startribune.com/hasbro-picks-5-house-rules-for-new-monopoly-set/253880661/ |access-date=December 4, 2018}} In January 2017, Hasbro invited internet users to vote on a new set of game pieces, with this new regular edition to be issued in March 2017.{{Cite news |last=Kavilanz |first=Parija |date=January 10, 2017 |title=Monopoly wants the internet to pick its next eight figurines |work=CNNMoney |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/10/technology/monopoly-tokens-vote/?iid=TL_Popular |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113150611/http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/10/technology/monopoly-tokens-vote/?iid=TL_Popular |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2017}} On May 1, 2018, the Monopoly Mansion hotel agreement was announced by Hasbro's managing director for southeast Asia, Jenny Chew Yean Nee, with M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd. M101 has the five-star, 225-room hotel, then under construction, located at the M101 Bukit Bintang in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) and with a 1920s [Gatsby](/source/The_Great_Gatsby) feel. M101's Sirocco Group would manage the hotel when it opened in 2019.{{Cite news |date=March 2, 2018 |title=World's first Monopoly hotel to open in KL in 2019 |work=New Straits Times |url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/jom/2018/03/340477/worlds-first-monopoly-hotel-open-kl-2019 |access-date=December 21, 2018}} Hasbro announced in March 2021 that it planned to update the Community Chest cards with ones that would be more socially aware, inviting fans of the game to vote on the new versions.{{Cite news |date=March 18, 2021 |title=Time For Mr. Monopoly's Get Woke Moment |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanverdon/2021/03/18/time-for-mr-monopolys-get-woke-moment/?sh=135e93f32aa2 |access-date=May 8, 2021}} In April 2022, Hasbro announced another poll. This vote would see the reintroduction of one previously retired token in exchange for an existing token.{{Cite news |last=Naylor |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Which Retired Token Will Return To Monopoly? – 2022 Throwback Token Vote |work=Rich Uncle Pennybags |url=https://richunclepennybags.co.uk/2022-throwback-token-vote |access-date=April 30, 2022}} The result would see the Thimble return and the T-Rex phased out by fall 2022.{{Cite news |last=Naylor |date=May 31, 2022 |title=Thimble Returns & T-Rex Extinct: The New Monopoly Token Line Up has been announced! |work=Rich Uncle Pennybags |url=https://richunclepennybags.co.uk/thimble-returns-t-rex-extinct-the-new-monopoly-token-line-up-has-been-announced |access-date=May 31, 2022}} Hasbro revealed an overhaul on January 7, 2025, for release that year, changing the box to a square, renovating the Banker's tray, and enlarging the tokens by roughly 20%. Oriental Avenue was renamed to Rhode Island Avenue, another street in Atlantic City.{{Cite news |last=Hall |date=Jan 7, 2025 |title=Monopoly getting a major overhaul in 2025, plus new expansions built for speed |work=Polygon |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/492505/monopoly-new-version-expansions-announced |access-date=Mar 23, 2025}} ==Board== thumb|left|The original 1935 ''Monopoly'' board patent The ''Monopoly'' game board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties—twenty-two streets (grouped into eight distinct color groups), four railroads, and two utilities—three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces, a [Luxury Tax](/source/Luxury_tax) space, an [Income Tax](/source/Income_tax) space, and the four corner squares: GO, (In) Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking, and Go to Jail.{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=J. Matthew |title=The Monopoly Board |url=http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/board/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303181120/http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/board/index.php |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2012 |website=Extras |publisher=worldofmonopoly.com}} ===US versions=== thumb|US version of ''Monopoly'' There have since been some changes to the board. Not all of the Chance and Community Chest cards shown in the 1935 patent were used in editions from 1936/1937 onwards.{{Cite web |title=Early Chanve and Community Chance Cards |url=http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo19.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306155644/http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo19.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=adena.com}} Graphics with the [Mr. Monopoly](/source/Mr._Monopoly) character (then known as "Rich Uncle Pennybags") were added during that same time frame.{{Cite web |title=Blue Community Chest Cards |url=http://sundown-farm-and-ranch.com/album/vintage%20monopoly%20games/Game%20components%20and%20specialty%20items/slides/Blue%20Community%20Chest%20Cards.shtml |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=sundown-farm-and-ranch.com}} A graphic of a chest containing coins was added to the Community Chest spaces, as were the flat purchase prices of the properties. Traditionally, the Community Chest cards were yellow (although they were sometimes printed on blue stock), with no decoration or text on the back; Chance cards were orange, also with no text or decoration on the back. Hasbro commissioned a major graphic redesign to the U.S. standard edition of the game in 2008, along with some minor revisions. Among the changes: the colors of Mediterranean and Baltic avenues were changed from purple to brown, and the color of the "Go" square was changed from red to black. The Luxury Tax amount was increased from $75 to $100, and a flat $200 income tax was imposed (formerly the player's choice of $200 or 10% of their total holdings, which they could not calculate until after making their final decision). Originally, the amount was $300, but was changed a year after the game's debut.{{Cite web |title=Original 1935 Edition Board Game Rules from Winning-Moves.com |url=http://www.winning-moves.com/images/mono35bookweb.pdf |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=winning-moves.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803113708/http://www.winning-moves.com/images/mono35bookweb.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |url-status=live }} There were also changes to the Chance and Community Chest cards. For example, the "poor tax", "receive for services", "Xmas fund matures", and "grand opera opening" cards became "speeding fine", "receive $25 consultancy fee", "holiday fund matures", and "it is your birthday", respectively; though their effects remained the same, the player must pay only $50 instead of $150 for the school tax. In addition, a player now gets $50 instead of $45 for sale of stock, and the "Advance to Illinois Avenue" card now includes added text indicating that the player collects $200 if they pass Go on the way there.{{Cite book |last=Orbanes |first=Philip E. |title=Monopoly, Money, and You: How to Profit from the Game's Secrets of Success |publisher=McGraw Hill Education |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-07-180844-6 |edition=Nook E-Book |page=39 |author-link=Philip Orbanes}} thumb|right|2014 US Monopoly box All the Chance and Community Chest cards were altered in 2008 as part of the game's redesign. Mr. Monopoly's original line illustration was typically replaced by renderings of a 3D Mr. Monopoly model. The backs of the cards now feature their respective symbols, with Community Chest cards in blue and Chance cards in orange. Additionally, recent versions of ''Monopoly'' replace the dollar sign ($) with an "M" symbol including two horizontal strokes through it.[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81oC5pYhh2L._SL1500_.jpg Image of ''Monopoly'' board], from [https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-00009-482-Monopoly-Board/dp/B00CV5PN2W this Amazon listing] In the US versions shown below, the properties are named after locations in (or near) Atlantic City, New Jersey.{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=J. Matthew |title=Monopoly History – How old is my Monopoly game? |url=http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126085511/http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/index.php |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2012 |website=Monopoly History |publisher=worldofmonopoly.com}} Atlantic City's Illinois Avenue was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the 1980s. St. Charles Place no longer exists, as the [Showboat Atlantic City](/source/Showboat_Atlantic_City) was developed where it once ran.{{Cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Rod |title='Monopoly: the story behind the world's best-selling game. |last2=Jim Waltzer |publisher=Gibbs Smith |year=2004 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah}} The values on the board reflect real estate property values of 1930s Atlantic City. The two cheapest properties, Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue, were situated in a low-income, [African-American](/source/African_Americans) neighborhood; higher-value properties, such as Pennsylvania Avenue, Park Place, and [Ventnor Avenue](/source/County_Route_629_(Atlantic_County%2C_New_Jersey)), were situated in wealthier neighborhoods.{{Cite news |last=Pilon |first=Mary |date=February 21, 2021 |title=The Racism on your Monopoly Board |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/racism-your-monopoly-board/618098/ |quote=Cyril and Ruth Harvey, friends of Raiford's who played a key role in popularizing the game, lived on Pennsylvania Avenue (a pricey $320 green property on the board); their friends, the Joneses, lived on Park Place. The Harveys had previously lived on Ventnor Avenue, one of the yellow properties that represented some of Atlantic City's wealthier neighborhoods, with their high walls and fences and racial covenants that excluded black citizens. The Harveys employed a black maid named Clara Watson. She lived on Baltic Avenue in a low-income, black neighborhood, not far from Mediterranean Avenue. On the Monopoly board, those are priced cheapest, at $60.}} Various Monopoly-inspired board games have since been created, typically following a similar naming convention suffixed with "-opoly".{{Cite web |title=Dog-opoly |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14000/dog-opoly |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=boardgamegeek.com}} {{clear}} {{hidden | style = border:1px solid silver; width: 100%; | headerstyle = background: lightblue; font-size: 110%; | contentstyle = text-align: center; | header = Standard (American Edition) ''Monopoly'' board layout as of July 2025 | content = {{Monopoly board layout |Edition = |Banner = ''MONOPOLY'' |corner_1 = Collect {{MonM}}200 salary as you pass
'''GO''' |corner_2 = In Jail/Just Visiting |corner_3 = Free Parking |corner_4 = Go To Jail |spaces_horizontal = 9 |spaces_vertical = 9 |Color_101 = SaddleBrown |Space_101 = Mediter-
ranean Avenue
{{MonM}}60 |Color_102 = |Space_102 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_103 = SaddleBrown |Space_103 = Baltic Avenue
{{MonM}}60 |Color_104 = |Space_104 = [Income tax](/source/Income_tax)
(pay
{{MonM}}200) |Color_105 = |Space_105 = [Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Company)
{{MonM}}200 |Color_106 = SkyBlue |Space_106 = Rhode Island Avenue
{{MonM}}100 |Color_107 = |Space_107 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
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|Color_108 = SkyBlue |Space_108 = Vermont Avenue
{{MonM}}100 |Color_109 = SkyBlue |Space_109 = Connecticut Avenue
{{MonM}}120 |Color_110 = |Space_110 = |Color_111 = |Space_111 = |Color_112 = |Space_112 = |Color_201 = |Space_201 = |Color_202 = |Space_202 = |Color_203 = |Space_203 = |Color_204 = #ff0080 |Space_204 = St. Charles Place
{{MonM}}140 |Color_205 = |Space_205 = [Electric Company](/source/Electrical_power_industry)
{{MonM}}150 |Color_206 = #ff0080 |Space_206 = States Avenue
{{MonM}}140 |Color_207 = #ff0080 |Space_207 = Virginia Avenue
{{MonM}}160 |Color_208 = |Space_208 = [Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad)
{{MonM}}200 |Color_209 = Orange |Space_209 = St. James Place
{{MonM}}180 |Color_210 = |Space_210 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_211 = Orange |Space_211 = Tennessee Avenue
{{MonM}}180 |Color_212 = Orange |Space_212 = New York Avenue
{{MonM}}200 |Color_301 = Red |Space_301 = Kentucky Avenue
{{MonM}}220 |Color_302 = |Space_302 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
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|Color_303 = Red |Space_303 = Indiana Avenue
{{MonM}}220 |Color_304 = Red |Space_304 = Illinois Avenue
{{MonM}}240 |Color_305 = |Space_305 = [B&O Railroad](/source/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad)
{{MonM}}200 |Color_306 = Yellow |Space_306 = Atlantic Avenue
{{MonM}}260 |Color_307 = Yellow |Space_307 = Ventnor Avenue
{{MonM}}260 |Color_308 = |Space_308 = [Water Works](/source/Water_supply)
{{MonM}}150 |Color_309 = Yellow |Space_309 = [Marvin Gardens](/source/Marven_Gardens)
{{MonM}}280 |Color_310 = |Space_310 = |Color_311 = |Space_311 = |Color_312 = |Space_312 = |Color_401 = Green |Space_401 = Pacific Avenue
{{MonM}}300 |Color_402 = Green |Space_402 = North Carolina Avenue
{{MonM}}300 |Color_403 = |Space_403 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_404 = Green |Space_404 = Pennsylvania Avenue
{{MonM}}320 |Color_405 = |Space_405 = [Short Line](/source/Atlantic_City_and_Shore_Railroad)
{{MonM}}200 |Color_406 = |Space_406 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
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|Color_407 = Blue |Space_407 = Park Place
{{MonM}}350 |Color_408 = |Space_408 = [Luxury tax](/source/Luxury_tax)
(pay {{MonM}}100) |Color_409 = Blue |Space_409 = [Boardwalk](/source/Atlantic_City_Boardwalk)
{{MonM}}400 |Color_410 = |Space_410 = |Color_411 = |Space_411 = |Color_412 = |Space_412 = }} }}
Marvin Gardens, the farthest yellow property, is a misspelling of its actual name, ''[Marven Gardens](/source/Marven_Gardens)''. The misspelling was introduced by Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to Charles Darrow. It was passed on when their homemade ''Monopoly'' board was copied by Darrow and then by Parker Brothers. The Todds also changed the Atlantic City Quakers' Arctic Avenue to Mediterranean, and shortened the [Shore Fast Line](/source/Atlantic_City_and_Shore_Railroad) to the Short Line.{{Cite book |last=Orbanes |first=Philip E. |url=https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil |title='Monopoly: the world's most famous game & how it got that way' |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-306-81489-1 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |page=[https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil/page/53 53] |url-access=registration}} It was not until 1995 that Parker Brothers acknowledged the misspelling of ''Marvin Gardens'', formally apologizing to the residents of Marven Gardens.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly, Present at the Creation |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/monopoly/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322213612/http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/monopoly/index.html |archive-date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=NPR}} Short Line refers to the Shore Fast Line, a [streetcar line](/source/tram) that served Atlantic City. The [B&O Railroad](/source/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad) did not serve Atlantic City. A booklet included with the reprinted 1935 edition states that the four railroads that served [Atlantic City](/source/Atlantic_City%2C_New_Jersey) in the mid-1930s were the [Jersey Central](/source/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey), the [Seashore Lines](/source/Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines), the [Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Company) (now part of [Norfolk Southern](/source/Norfolk_Southern) & [CSX](/source/CSX)), and the [Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad). The Baltimore & Ohio (now part of CSX) was the parent of the Reading. There is a tunnel in Philadelphia where track to the south was B. & O. and track to the north was Reading. The Central of N.J. did not have a track to Atlantic City but was the daughter of the Reading (and granddaughter of the B. & O.) Their track ran from the New York City area to Delaware Bay and some trains ran on the Reading-controlled track to Atlantic City.{{Cite book |last=Baer |first=Christopher |title=The Route of the Blue Comet |publisher=West Jersey Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society |year=1994}} The actual "Electric Company" and "Water Works" serving the city are respectively Atlantic City Electric Company (a subsidiary of [Exelon](/source/Exelon)) and the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority. ===UK version=== {{See also|List of London Monopoly places|l1=List of London ''Monopoly'' places}} {{For|other localized versions|List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly: Europe#United Kingdom{{!}}List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': Europe § United Kingdom}} thumb|UK version of ''Monopoly'' In the 1930s, [John Waddington Ltd.](/source/Waddingtons), known as Waddingtons, was a printing company in [Leeds](/source/Leeds) that had branched out into packaging and the production of [playing card](/source/playing_card)s. Waddingtons had sent the card game ''Lexicon'' to Parker Brothers hoping to interest it in publishing the game in the United States. In a similar fashion, Parker Brothers sent over a copy of ''Monopoly'' to Waddingtons early in 1935 before the game had been put into production in the United States. Victor Watson, the managing director of Waddingtons, gave the game to his son Norman, head of the card games division, to test over a weekend. Norman was impressed by the game and persuaded his father to call Parker Brothers on Monday morning—transatlantic calls then being almost unheard of.{{Cite news |date=March 8, 2015 |title=Victor Watson, businessman - obituary |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11457504/Victor-Watson-businessman-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11457504/Victor-Watson-businessman-obituary.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=September 2, 2018}}{{cbignore}} This call resulted in Waddingtons obtaining a license to produce and market the game outside the United States.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly 1936 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1242178/monopoly-board-game-waddingtons-limited/ |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=vam.ac.uk}} Watson felt that for the game to be a success in the United Kingdom, the American locations would have to be replaced, so Victor and his secretary Marjory Phillips went to London to scout out locations.{{Cite web |title=Waddington's Monopoly |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/SrLMnS2pSOKuLYGw8RnmjA |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=BBC}} [The Angel, Islington](/source/The_Angel%2C_Islington) is not a street in London but a building (which also gave its name to the road intersection where it is located, as well as an [area of the city](/source/Angel%2C_London) and a [Tube station](/source/Angel_tube_station)). It had been a [coaching inn](/source/coaching_inn) that stood on the [Great North Road](/source/A1_road_(Great_Britain)). By the 1930s, the inn had become a [J. Lyons and Co.](/source/J._Lyons_and_Co.) tea room and is today offices and a [Co-operative Bank](/source/The_Co-operative_Bank). Some accounts say that Marjory and Victor met at the Angel to discuss the selection and celebrated the fact by including it on the ''Monopoly'' board. In 2003, a plaque commemorating the naming was unveiled at the site by Victor Watson's grandson, who is also named Victor.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/monopoly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220643/https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/monopoly |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=londonremembers.com}} It might be expected that the railway stations in Monopoly would have been chosen to allow travel in the four compass directions—for example: Euston, St Pancras or King's Cross (north); Liverpool Street or Fenchurch Street (east); London Bridge or Victoria (south); Paddington (west). However all four stations had been owned by the same company, [LNER](/source/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway), prior to nationalisation as British Rail(ways). It has been suggested that Waddingtons chose LNER stations because this was the company that served Leeds where they were based.{{Cite book |last=Moore|first=Tim |title=Do Not Pass Go |publisher=Vintage |date=2 October 2003 |isbn=978-0-09-943386-6}} During World War II, the British Secret Service contacted Waddingtons, as the company could also print on silk, to make ''Monopoly'' sets that included escape maps, money, a compass and file, all hidden in copies of the game sent by fake [POW](/source/POW) relief charities to prisoners of war.{{Cite web |last=Garber |first=Megan |date=January 9, 2013 |title=How Monopoly Games Helped Allied POWs Escape During World War II: Even trivial changes to a trivial board game can shift the course of history |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allied-pows-escape-during-world-war-ii/266996/ |access-date=April 23, 2015 |website=Atlantic.com |publisher=Atlantic Monthly}} The standard British board, produced by Waddingtons, was for many years the version most familiar to people in countries in the [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations), except Canada, where the US edition with Atlantic City-area names was reprinted. Local variants of the board are now also found in several Commonwealth countries. In 1998, Winning Moves procured the ''Monopoly'' license from [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro) and created new UK [city and regional editions](/source/Licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly){{Cite web |date=June 7, 2017 |title=Winning Moves launches a Stirling Monopoly |url=https://toyworldmag.co.uk/news/winning-moves-launches-a-stirling-monopoly/ |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=toyworldmag.co.uk |archive-date=September 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903215324/https://toyworldmag.co.uk/news/winning-moves-launches-a-stirling-monopoly/ }} with sponsored squares. Initially, in December 1998, the game was sold in just a few [W H Smith](/source/W_H_Smith) stores, but demand was high, with almost 50,000 games sold in the four weeks before Christmas. Winning Moves still produces new [city and regional editions](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_Europe) annually. The original income tax choice from the 1930s US board is replaced by a flat rate on the UK board, and the $75 Luxury Tax space is replaced with the £100 Super Tax space, the same as the current German board. In 2008, the US edition was changed to match the various European editions, including a flat $200 Income Tax value and an increased $100 Luxury Tax amount. {{hidden | style = border:1px solid silver; width: 100%; | headerstyle = background: lightblue; font-size: 110%; | contentstyle = text-align: center; | header = UK edition ''Monopoly'' board layout | content = {{London Monopoly board layout}} }} ===Post-2005 variations=== Beginning in the UK in 2005, a revised version of the game, titled ''Monopoly Here and Now'', was produced, replacing game scenarios, properties, and tokens with more modern equivalents.{{Cite web |title=Media: Strategy Analysis - The biggest ever game of Monopoly |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-strategy-analysis-biggest-ever-game-monopoly/522383 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=campaignlive.co.uk}} Similar boards were produced for Germany and France. Variants of these first editions appeared with [Visa](/source/Visa_Inc.)-branded [debit cards](/source/debit_cards) taking the place of cash—the later US "Electronic Banking" edition has unbranded debit cards.{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2006 |title=Debit card swipes part of updated UK Monopoly board game |url=https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/debit-card-monopoly-game-1271.php |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=creditcards.com |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220639/https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/debit-card-monopoly-game-1271.php }}{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Electronic Banking U.S. Cities Edition board game |url=http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/3/48/111.2725 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=museumofplay.org}} The success of the first ''Here and Now'' editions prompted Hasbro US to allow online voting for twenty-six landmark properties across the United States to take their places along the game-board.{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Fan Vote Determines New Properties in Monopoly Here and Now Games |url=https://newsroom.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/worldwide-fan-vote-determines-new-properties-monopoly-here-now |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=newsroom.hasbro.com}} The popularity of this voting, in turn, led to the creation of similar websites, and secondary game-boards per popular vote to be created in the UK, Canada,{{Cite news |date=January 13, 2010 |title=Calgary vies for Monopoly real estate |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-vies-for-monopoly-real-estate-1.960848 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117143527/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-vies-for-monopoly-real-estate-1.960848 |archive-date=January 17, 2010}} France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and other nations. Winning Moves Games released the ''[Mega Edition](/source/Monopoly%3A_The_Mega_Edition)'', with a 30% larger game-board and revised game play, in 2006.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly: The Mega Edition |url=http://winning-moves.com/product/MonopolyMega.asp |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=winning-moves.com}} Other streets from Atlantic City (eight, one per color group) were included, along with a third utility, the Gas Company. In addition, $1,000 denomination notes (first seen in Winning Moves' ''Monopoly: The Card Game'') are included. Game play is further changed with bus tickets (allowing non-dice-roll movement along one side of the board), a speed die (itself adopted into variants of the ''Atlantic City standard edition''; see below), skyscrapers (after houses and hotels), and [train station](/source/train_station)s that can be placed on the Railroad spaces.{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=J. Matthew |title=Notable Editions |url=http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/notables.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221205525/http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/notables.php |archive-date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2012 |website=Monopoly History |publisher=worldofmonopoly.com}} This edition was adapted for the UK market in 2007, and is sold by Winning Moves UK.{{Cite web |title=Mega Monopoly Board Game |url=https://www.winningmoves.co.uk/product/480/mega-monopoly-board-game |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903215118/https://www.winningmoves.co.uk/product/480/mega-monopoly-board-game |archive-date=September 3, 2018 |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=winningmoves.co.uk}} ====''Here and Now''==== The US edition of ''Monopoly Here and Now'' was released in September 2006. This edition features top landmarks across the US.{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=J. Matthew |title=1999–2008 |url=http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/1999.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202055521/http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/1999.php |archive-date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=February 21, 2012 |website=Monopoly History |publisher=worldofmonopoly.com}} The properties were decided by votes over the Internet in the spring of 2006.{{Cite web|title=Top 10 Most Visited Monopoly Properties|url=https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/most-visited-monopoly-properties-411880|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=The Spruce Crafts|language=en}} Monetary values are multiplied by 10,000 (e.g., one collects $2,000,000 instead of $200 for passing GO and pays that much for Income Tax (or 10% of their total, as this edition was launched prior to 2008), each player starts with $15,000,000 instead of $1,500, etc.). Also, the Chance and Community Chest cards are updated, the Railroads are replaced by Airports ([Chicago O'Hare](/source/O'Hare_International_Airport), [Los Angeles International](/source/Los_Angeles_International_Airport), New York City's [JFK](/source/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport), and Atlanta's [Hartsfield–Jackson](/source/Hartsfield%E2%80%93Jackson_Atlanta_International_Airport)), and the Utilities (Electric Company and Water Works) are replaced by Service Providers (Internet Service Provider and Cell Phone Service Provider). The houses and hotels are blue and silver, not green and red as in most editions of ''Monopoly''. The board uses the traditional US layout; the cheapest properties are purple, not brown, and "Interest on Credit Card Debt" replaces "Luxury Tax". Despite the updated Luxury Tax space, and the Income Tax space no longer using the 10% option, this edition uses paper ''Monopoly'' money, and not an electronic banking unit like the ''Here and Now World Edition''. However, a similar edition of ''Monopoly'', the ''Electronic Banking'' edition, does feature an electronic banking unit and bank cards, as well as a different set of tokens. Both ''Here and Now'' and ''Electronic Banking'' feature an updated set of tokens from the Atlantic City edition. One landmark, [Texas Stadium](/source/Texas_Stadium), has been demolished and was replaced by the Irving Interchange exit ramps the join [Texas State Highway 183](/source/Texas_State_Highway_183) (Airport Freeway) to [Texas State Highway Loop 12](/source/Texas_State_Highway_Loop_12). Another landmark, Jacobs Field, still exists, but was renamed [Progressive Field](/source/Progressive_Field) in 2008.{{Cite web|last=Mstarkey|date=January 11, 2008|title=Cleveland Indians formally announce naming rights sold to Progressive Insurance|url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2008/01/cleveland_indians_formally_ann.html|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=cleveland|language=en}} {{Clear}} {{hidden | style = border:1px solid silver; width: 100%; | headerstyle = background: lightblue; font-size: 110%; | contentstyle = text-align: center; | header = ''Monopoly Here and Now: The U.S. Edition'' (2006) | content = {{Monopoly board layout |Edition = |Banner = Monopoly
Here and Now:
The U.S. Edition |corner_1 = Collect $2M salary as you pass
'''GO''' |corner_2 = In Jail/Just Visiting |corner_3 = Free Parking |corner_4 = Go To Jail |spaces_horizontal = 9 |spaces_vertical = 9 |Color_101 = Indigo |Space_101 = [Jacobs Field](/source/Jacobs_Field), Cleveland
$600K |Color_102 = |Space_102 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_103 = Indigo |Space_103 = [Texas Stadium](/source/Texas_Stadium), Dallas
$600K |Color_104 = |Space_104 = [Income tax](/source/Income_tax)
pay $2M or 10% |Color_105 = |Space_105 = [O'Hare Airport](/source/O'Hare_International_Airport), Chicago
$2M |Color_106 = SkyBlue |Space_106 = [Grand Ole Opry](/source/Grand_Ole_Opry), Nashville
$1M |Color_107 = |Space_107 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
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|Color_108 = SkyBlue |Space_108 = [Gateway Arch](/source/Gateway_Arch), St. Louis
$1M |Color_109 = SkyBlue |Space_109 = [Mall of America](/source/Mall_of_America), Minneapolis
$1.2M |Color_110 = |Space_110 = |Color_111 = |Space_111 = |Color_112 = |Space_112 = |Color_201 = |Space_201 = |Color_202 = |Space_202 = |Color_203 = |Space_203 = |Color_204 = DarkOrchid |Space_204 = [Centennial Olympic Park](/source/Centennial_Olympic_Park), Atlanta
$1.4M |Color_205 = |Space_205 = [Cell Phone](/source/Mobile_phone) Service
$1.5M |Color_206 = DarkOrchid |Space_206 = [Red Rocks Amphitheatre](/source/Red_Rocks_Amphitheatre), Denver
$1.4M |Color_207 = DarkOrchid |Space_207 = [Liberty Bell](/source/Liberty_Bell), Philadelphia
$1.6M |Color_208 = |Space_208 = [Los Angeles International Airport](/source/Los_Angeles_International_Airport)
$2M |Color_209 = Orange |Space_209 = [South Beach](/source/South_Beach), Miami
$1.8M |Color_210 = |Space_210 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_211 = Orange |Space_211 = [Johnson Space Center](/source/Johnson_Space_Center), Houston
$1.8M |Color_212 = Orange |Space_212 = [Pioneer Square](/source/Pioneer_Square%2C_Seattle), Seattle
$2M |Color_301 = Red |Space_301 = [Camelback Mountain](/source/Camelback_Mountain)s, Phoenix
$2.2M |Color_302 = |Space_302 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
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|Color_303 = Red |Space_303 = [Waikiki Beach](/source/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB), Honolulu
$2.2M |Color_304 = Red |Space_304 = [Walt Disney World](/source/Walt_Disney_World), Orlando
$2.4M |Color_305 = |Space_305 = [JFK Airport](/source/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport), New York City
$2M |Color_306 = Yellow |Space_306 = [French Quarter](/source/French_Quarter), New Orleans
$2.6M |Color_307 = Yellow |Space_307 = [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), Los Angeles
$2.6M |Color_308 = |Space_308 = Internet Service
$1.5M |Color_309 = Yellow |Space_309 = [Golden Gate Bridge](/source/Golden_Gate_Bridge), San Francisco
$2.8M |Color_310 = |Space_310 = |Color_311 = |Space_311 = |Color_312 = |Space_312 = |Color_401 = Green |Space_401 = [Las Vegas Blvd](/source/Las_Vegas_Boulevard), Las Vegas
$3M |Color_402 = Green |Space_402 = [Wrigley Field](/source/Wrigley_Field), Chicago
$3M |Color_403 = |Space_403 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_404 = Green |Space_404 = [White House](/source/White_House), Washington
$3.2M |Color_405 = |Space_405 = [Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport](/source/Hartsfield%E2%80%93Jackson_Atlanta_International_Airport)
$2M |Color_406 = |Space_406 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
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|Color_407 = Blue |Space_407 = [Fenway Park](/source/Fenway_Park), Boston
$3.5M |Color_408 = |Space_408 = [Interest On Credit Card Debt](/source/Credit_card)
pay $750K |Color_409 = Blue |Space_409 = [Times Square](/source/Times_Square), New York City
$4M |Color_410 = |Space_410 = |Color_411 = |Space_411 = |Color_412 = |Space_412 = }} }} In 2015, in honor of the game's 80th birthday, Hasbro held an online vote to determine which cities would make it into an updated version of ''Here and Now''. This second edition is more a spin-off as the winning condition has changed to completing a passport instead of bankrupting opponents. Community Chest is replaced with Here and Now cards, while the Here and Now space replaced the railroads. Houses and hotels have been removed.{{Cite web |last=Oldenburg |first=Don |title=Monopoly Here and Now U.S. Edition Game |url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=33753&StepNum=1&award=aw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317070221/http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=33753&StepNum=1&award=aw |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |access-date=November 5, 2016 |website=Parents' Choice Foundation}} Hasbro released a ''World'' edition with the top voted cities from all around the world, as well as at least a ''Here and Now'' edition with the voted-on U.S. cities.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Here & Now |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/votemonopoly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230184422/https://www.buzzfeed.com/votemonopoly |archive-date=December 30, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2016 |website=BuzzFeed}} ====''Empire''==== ''Monopoly Empire'' has uniquely branded tokens and places based on popular brands. Instead of buying properties, players buy popular brands one by one and slide their billboards onto their Empire towers. Instead of building houses and hotels, players collect rent from their rivals based on their tower height. The first player to fill their tower with billboards wins.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Empire |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/145842/monopoly-empire |website=BoardGameGeek}} Every space on the board is a brand name, such as [Xbox](/source/Xbox), [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola), [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's) and [Samsung](/source/Samsung).{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Empire – Monopoly |url=https://www.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-empire-game:6E109F26-5056-9047-F50A-9DEECFC6D05A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402011006/https://www.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-empire-game:6E109F26-5056-9047-F50A-9DEECFC6D05A |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=hasbro.com}} ====''Token Madness''==== This version of Monopoly contains 8 of the 56 tokens from the 2017 Token Madness event. That includes a penguin, a television, a race car, a Mr. Monopoly emoji, a rubber duck, a watch, a wheel and a bunny slipper.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Token Madness |url=https://shop.hasbro.com/en-in/product/monopoly-token-madness-game:FDB1B356-5056-9047-F556-6BFD86269A07 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=shop.hasbro.com}} The Penguin and Rubber Duck, alongside the T-Rex, (which was not present in ''Token Madness'') would eventually become part of the main game, replacing the Boot, Wheelbarrow and Thimble. The T-Rex would be replaced by the returning Thimble in the 2022 Throwback Token Vote.{{Cite web |title=Which Retired Token Will Return To Monopoly? – 2022 Throwback Token Vote |url=https://richunclepennybags.co.uk/2022-throwback-token-vote |access-date=November 26, 2023 |website=richunclepennybags.co.uk|date=April 29, 2022 }} ====''Jackpot''==== During the game, players travel around the gameboard buying properties and collecting rent. If they land on a Chance space, or roll the Chance icon on a die, they can spin the Chance spinner to try to make more money. Players may hit the "Jackpot", go bankrupt, or be sent to Jail. The player who has the most cash when the bank crashes wins.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Jackpot |url=https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-jackpot:2934209D-5056-9047-F532-9313C318AA20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220534/https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-jackpot:2934209D-5056-9047-F532-9313C318AA20 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=monopoly.hasbro.com}} ====''Ultimate Banking Edition''==== thumb|right|upright|The 'Ultimate Banking Unit' utilized in the Ultimate Banking Edition In this version, there is no cash. The Monopoly Ultimate Banking game features an electronic ultimate banking piece with touch technology. Players can buy properties instantly and set rents by tapping. Each player has a bankcard and their cash is tracked by the Ultimate Banking unit. It can scan the game's property cards and boost or crash the market. Event cards and Location spaces replace Chance and Community Chest cards. On an Event Space, rents may be raised or lowered, a player may earn or lose money, or someone could be sent to Jail. Location Spaces allow players to pay and move to any property space on the gameboard.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Game: Ultimate Banking Edition |url=https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-game-ultimate-banking-edition:292A13F3-5056-9047-F5EC-64DBA290A02B |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902183845/https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-game-ultimate-banking-edition:292A13F3-5056-9047-F5EC-64DBA290A02B |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=monopoly.hasbro.com}} ====''Voice Banking''==== In this version, there are no cash or cards. ''Voice Banking'' allows the player to respond by voice to the Top Hat. The hat responds by purchasing properties, paying rent, and making buildings.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Voice Banking |url=https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-voice-banking-electronic-family-board-game:97BC561B-145E-42CA-AB15-917F2E2FD5BA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804044900/https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-voice-banking-electronic-family-board-game:97BC561B-145E-42CA-AB15-917F2E2FD5BA |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2019 |website=shop.hasbro.com}} ====''Ms. Monopoly''==== {{main|Ms. Monopoly|l1=''Ms. Monopoly''}} In this version, the spaces that players land on are replaced by inventions that women created or contributed to, and female players are given advantages.{{Cite web |last=Asmelash |first=Leah |date=September 10, 2019 |title=In the new game of Monopoly, women make more than men |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/us/hasbro-ms-monopoly-trnd/index.html |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=CNN}} ==Equipment== upright|thumb|During World War II, the dice in the United Kingdom were replaced with a spinner because of a lack of materials. Besides the game board, a standard Monopoly set includes items such as property title deeds, houses, hotels, Chance and Community Chest cards, Monopoly money, and tokens. When setting up for a game of Monopoly, all extra cash, property title deeds, and buildings are left in the box. This is called the "bank", and it may be controlled by an active player, or by a separate entity who is not actively playing. ===Chance and Community Chest Cards=== A ''Monopoly'' set contains 32 Chance and Community Chest cards (16 each), which are placed on the board during play. Chance and Community Chest cards have various instructions printed on them, and they are drawn when a player lands on their corresponding space. Once the instructions on the drawn card have been followed, it is placed at the bottom of the deck. Some cards may be kept by the player to be used at a later time during the game. ===Deeds=== Property [title deed](/source/title_deed) cards represent the various purchasable properties on the game board. When a player takes ownership of a property space, they receive its corresponding title deed card. Printed on the card's obverse are extra details about the property, such as the amount of [rent](/source/renting) to charge opponents who land on that space, and the costs of developing the property with houses and hotels. On the card's reverse side is its [mortgage](/source/mortgage) value. In more recent editions, the reverse side also has the amount a player must pay to unmortgage a property. When a player lands on a property space, they may buy it from the bank at the price listed on the game board. Property prices range from $60 to $400. If they do not wish to buy it, the bank must offer it up for auction to other players, with the winner of the auction acquiring the property. If no players wish to bid on the property, it remains in the bank for purchase at a later time. Most editions of the game feature the following property types: *Twenty-two locations, divided into eight color groups with two or three locations each. Players must own all properties within a color group, before building houses or hotels on them. Houses or hotels must be built up or broken down evenly on all properties within a color group. If a player owns all properties in a color group, the chargeable rent on any unimproved property within that group is doubled. *Four railroads/railroad stations, located in the center of each side of the game board. A railroad or station entitles its owner to collect $25 rent from opponents who land on it, and the amount is doubled for each subsequent railroad the player purchases, up to $200. * Two [utilities](/source/public_utility), located on the left and top sides of the game board. A utility entitles its owner to collect rent equal to four times the amount rolled on the dice from opponents, and ten times the amount rolled if both utilities are owned. Some international editions have fixed rates for rent on utilities instead.{{efn|For example, Italian editions of the game charge L. 2,000 rent if one utility is owned, and L. 10,000 if both utilities are owned by a player.}} ===Dice=== thumb|Two standard dice, included in the original ''Monopoly'' board game A pair of six-sided [dice](/source/dice) is included, with a "speed die" added for variation in 2007. The 1999 Millennium Edition featured two jewel-like dice which were the subject of a lawsuit from Michael Bowling, owner of dice maker Crystal Caste.{{Cite web |title=Michael Bowling v. Hasbro |url=http://www.rid.uscourts.gov/menu/judges/opinions/Smith/05292007_1-05CV0229S_BOWLING_V_HASBRO_P.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210072339/http://www.rid.uscourts.gov/menu/judges/opinions/smith/05292007_1-05CV0229S_BOWLING_V_HASBRO_P.pdf |archive-date=December 10, 2016 |access-date=February 11, 2016 |website=uscourst.gov}} Hasbro lost the suit in 2008 and had to pay $446,182 in royalties.{{Cite web |title=Fancy-dice maker sees patent case roll his way |url=http://tucson.com/business/fancy-dice-maker-sees-patent-case-roll-his-way/article_b47d5e0e-621e-5a3b-bc9f-0289ba5f79cf.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220171618/http://tucson.com/business/fancy-dice-maker-sees-patent-case-roll-his-way/article_b47d5e0e-621e-5a3b-bc9f-0289ba5f79cf.html |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |website=tucson.com|date=April 21, 2008 }} Subsequent printings of the game reverted to normal six-sided dice. ===Houses and Hotels=== A standard ''Monopoly'' set contains 32 houses and 12 hotels, made from plastic (in most base sets) or wood (in the original and ''Deluxe Edition'' of the game). Players must own all properties within a color set, before building houses and hotels on them. Players may build as many houses as they want in a single instance, and may even build on other players' turns. However, players must build evenly on owned properties - that is, they must have the same number of houses on all properties in a single color group they own, before building any new ones. Once a player has built four houses on a property, they may build a hotel to replace the houses. Houses and hotels increase the rent a player is entitled to collect from opponents who land on that property. Unlike money, the game has a finite supply of houses and hotels. If multiple players wish to buy the last available house, the bank must auction it off to the highest bidder. If there are no houses left, players may not build any and must wait for other players with houses to return them to the bank. Some editions or rulesets allow players to build straight up to hotels, if there are no houses available. ===Money=== {{Main|Monopoly money}} Older US standard editions of the game included a total of '''$15,140''' in the following denominations: * 20 $500 bills (orange) * 20 $100 bills (beige) * 30 $50 bills (blue) * 50 $20 bills (green) * 40 $10 bills (yellow) * 40 $5 bills (pink) * 40 $1 bills (white) Newer (September 2008 and later) US editions provide a total of '''$20,580'''—30 of each denomination instead. The colors of some of the bills are also changed: $10s are now blue instead of yellow, $20s are a brighter green than before, and $50s are now purple instead of blue. Each player begins the game with their token on the Go square, and $1,500 (or 1,500 of a localized currency) in play money ($2,500 with the Speed Die). Before September 2008, the money was divided with greater numbers of 20 and 10-dollar bills. Since then, the US version has taken on the British version's initial cash distributions. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! US editions (1935-2008, 2026-) !! US editions (2008-2026) / British editions |- | 2 × $500 || 2 × $/£500 |- | 2 × $100 || 4 × $/£100 |- | 2 × $50 || 1 × $/£50 |- | 6 × $20 || 1 × $/£20 |- | 5 × $10 || 2 × $/£10 |- | 5 × $5 || 1 × $/£5 |- | 5 × $1 || 5 × $/£1 |} Although the US version is indicated as allowing eight players, the cash distribution shown above is not possible with all eight players since it requires 32 $100 bills and 40 $1 bills. However, the amount of cash contained in the game is enough for eight players with a slight alteration of bill distribution. ====International currencies==== thumb|German version of ''Monopoly'' [[File:Toys 2007-150-656 (15406600117).jpg|thumb|[Belgian](/source/Belgium) version of ''Monopoly'' (in [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language))]] [[File:Yiddish Monopoly game 'Hendel Erlikh'.jpg|thumb|American Jewish communities version of ''Monopoly'' (in [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish))]] Pre-Euro German editions of the game started with 30,000 "Spielmark" in eight denominations (abbreviated as "M."), and later used seven denominations of the Deutsche Mark ("DM."). In the classic Italian game, each player received L. 350,000 ($3500) in a two-player game, but L. 50,000 ($500) less for each player more than two. Only in a six-player game does a player receive the equivalent of $1,500. The classic Italian games were played with only four denominations of currency. Both Spanish editions (the Barcelona and Madrid editions) started the game with 150,000 in play money, with a breakdown identical to that of the American version. ====Extra currency==== According to the Parker Brothers rules, Monopoly money is theoretically unlimited; if the bank runs out of money it may issue as much as needed "by merely writing on any ordinary paper".{{Cite book |last= |title=Monopoly (rules) |date=1973 |publisher=Parker Brothers |location=Salem, Massachusetts}} However, Hasbro's published Monopoly rules make no mention of this.{{Cite book |last= |url=https://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/dad288661c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/97DF546B6BF64A70A2A759D3FA5BD804.pdf |title=Monopoly (rules) |date=2016 |publisher=Hasbro |location=Pawtucket, Rhode Island |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103111002/https://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/dad288661c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/97DF546B6BF64A70A2A759D3FA5BD804.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |url-status=live }} Additional paper money can be bought at certain locations, notably game and hobby stores, or downloaded from various websites and printed and cut by hand. One such site has created a $1,000 bill; while a $1,000 bill can be found in ''[Monopoly: The Mega Edition](/source/Monopoly%3A_The_Mega_Edition)'' and ''Monopoly: The Card Game'', both published by Winning Moves Games, this note is not a standard denomination for classic versions of Monopoly.{{Cite web |title=i801.photobucket.com |url=http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/jtrevor99/1000DeluxeBW.png |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124341/http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/jtrevor99/1000DeluxeBW.png |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=September 21, 2012}} ====Electronic banking==== Besides demonstrating the dangers of land rents and monopolies, Lizzie Magie also intended ''[The Landlord's Game](/source/The_Landlord's_Game)'' for children as a teaching tool to learn how to add and subtract through the usage of paper money, which was inherited by ''Monopoly'' and the vast majority of its spin-offs. However, some Monopoly variations use bank cards instead of paper money.{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2016 |title=New Monopoly board game uses credit cards, not cash |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2016/02/new_monopoly_game_ultimate_banking_credit_cards.html |access-date=August 4, 2020 |website=syracuse |language=en}} In these specific variations, instead of receiving paper money, each player receives a plastic bank card that is inserted into a calculator-like electronic device that keeps track of the player's balance.{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Bye, bye, banker: New Monopoly game goes cashless with electronic payments |url=https://mashable.com/2016/02/17/monopoly-ultimate-banking-edition/#gpMUxMZkwuqw |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=mashable.com}}{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2017 |title=India's cashless drive inspired Hasbro to make Monopoly Electronic Banking |url=https://www.digit.in/general/indias-cashless-drive-inspired-hasbro-to-make-monopoly-electronic-banking-36703.html |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=digit.in |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902183844/https://www.digit.in/general/indias-cashless-drive-inspired-hasbro-to-make-monopoly-electronic-banking-36703.html |url-status=dead }} ===Tokens=== ====Classic==== Each player is represented by a small metal or plastic [token](/source/Game_piece_(board_game)) that is moved around the edge of the board according to the roll of two six-sided dice. The number of tokens (and the tokens themselves) have changed over the history of the game with many appearing in special editions only, and some available with non-game purchases. After prints with wood tokens in 1937, a set of eight metal tokens was introduced.{{Cite web |last=Arneson |first=Erik |title=New Monopoly Piece |url=http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopolynews/a/sack_of_money.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104004036/http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopolynews/a/sack_of_money.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2016 |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=About.com Home |publisher=About, Inc.}} Two more were added in late 1937, and tokens changed again in 1942. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the game tokens were switched back to wood.{{Cite news |date=January 10, 2013 |title=Hasbro aims to jazz up Monopoly with new token |work=CBS News.com |publisher=CBS News |agency=AP |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hasbro-aims-to-jazz-up-monopoly-with-new-token/ |access-date=November 2, 2016}} Early localized editions of the standard edition (including some Canadian editions, which used the U.S. board layout) included the same wooden pawns used in ''[Sorry!](/source/Sorry!_(game))''.{{Cite book |last=Darwin |first=Clarence B. |title=Passing Go: Early Monopoly 1933–1937 |publisher=Folkopoly Press |edition=1 revised |location=River Forest, Illinois |page=206}}{{self-published inline|date=April 2025}} Many of the early tokens were created by companies such as Dowst Miniature Toy Company, which made metal tokens designed to be used on [charm bracelet](/source/charm_bracelet)s. The [battleship](/source/battleship) and cannon were also used briefly in the Parker Brothers war game ''Conflict'' (released in 1940), but after the game failed on the market, the premade pieces were recycled for ''Monopoly'' usage.{{Cite book |last=Darwin |first=Clarence B. |title=Passing Go: Early Monopoly 1933–1937 |publisher=Folkopoly Press |edition=1, revised |location=River Forest, Illinois |pages=207–208}} By 1943, there were ten tokens: the Battleship, Boot, Cannon, Horse and Rider, Iron, Racecar, [Scottie Dog](/source/Scottish_Terrier), [Thimble](/source/Thimble), Top Hat, and Wheelbarrow. These tokens remained the same until the late 1990s, when [Parker Brothers](/source/Parker_Brothers) was sold to [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro). In 1998, a Hasbro advertising campaign asked the public to vote on a new playing piece to be added to the set. The candidates were a bag of money, a biplane, and a piggy bank. The bag ended up winning 51 percent of the vote compared to the other two which failed to go above 30%. This new token was added to the set in 1999, bringing the number of tokens to eleven. Another 1998 campaign poll asked people which monopoly token was their favorite. The most popular was the Race Car at 18%, followed by the Dog (16%), Cannon (14%) and Top Hat (10%). The least favorite in the poll was the Wheelbarrow, at 3%, followed by Thimble (7%) and the Iron (7%). The Cannon, and Horse and rider were both retired in 2000 with no new tokens taking their place.{{Cite news |last=Truitt |first=Brian |date=January 9, 2013 |title=Token change for 'Monopoly' to replace an iconic piece |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/01/08/monopoly-board-game-tokens-change/1805387/ |access-date=November 2, 2016}} Another retirement came in 2007 with the sack of money, bringing the total token count back down to eight again. In 2013, a similar promotional campaign was launched encouraging the public to vote on one of several possible new tokens to replace an existing one. The choices were a guitar, a diamond ring, a helicopter, a robot, and a cat.{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2013 |title=Monopoly board game token to be axed, replaced by new piece |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a449985/monopoly-board-game-token-to-be-axed-replaced-by-new-piece.html |publisher=digital spy |access-date=January 11, 2013 |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112003157/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a449985/monopoly-board-game-token-to-be-axed-replaced-by-new-piece.html }} This new campaign was different from the one in 1998, as the least-popular existing piece would be retired and replaced with a new one. Both were chosen by a vote that ran on Facebook from January 8 to February 5, 2013. The cat took the top spot with 31% of the vote, while the iron proved to be the least-popular classic piece and was retired and replaced by the cat.{{Cite web |title=Meow! Hasbro unveils new token for Monopoly |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57567858/meow-hasbro-unveils-new-token-for-monopoly-game/ |access-date=February 6, 2013 |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206210300/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57567858/meow-hasbro-unveils-new-token-for-monopoly-game/ }} In January 2017, Hasbro placed the line of tokens in the regular edition with another vote which included a total of 64 options. The eight playable tokens at the time included the [Battleship](/source/Battleship), Boot, Cat, Racecar, Scottie Dog, Thimble, Top Hat, and Wheelbarrow. By March 17, 2017, Hasbro retired three additional tokens, the thimble, wheelbarrow, and boot; these were replaced by a penguin, a [Tyrannosaurus rex](/source/Tyrannosaurus_rex) and a rubber duck.{{Cite web |last=Kavilanz |first=Parija |date=March 17, 2017 |title=Monopoly kicks out three classic game tokens |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/technology/monopoly-classic-game-tokens/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317164241/http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/technology/monopoly-classic-game-tokens/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=March 17, 2017 |website=[CNN](/source/CNN)}} In April 2022, it was announced that a previously retired token would return to Monopoly sets. The candidates for reintroduction were the wheelbarrow, thimble, iron, horse & rider, boot, and money bag. One existing token would also be dropped from the line-up.{{Cite news |last=Naylor |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Which Retired Token Will Return To Monopoly? – 2022 Throwback Token Vote |work=Rich Uncle Pennybags |url=https://richunclepennybags.co.uk/2022-throwback-token-vote |access-date=April 30, 2022}} Based on the results of the vote, Hasbro announced that the T-Rex would be replaced by the Thimble in regular sets of Monopoly starting in 2023.{{Cite web |title=A classic Monopoly token will be returning to the board game in 2023 |url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/classic-monopoly-token-returning-board-230100333.html |access-date=June 12, 2022 |website=uk.sports.yahoo.com |date=June 11, 2022 |language=en-GB}} Another refresh of Monopoly followed in 2025, replacing the battleship with the previously retired money bag. {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize=width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea=left:100 bottom:90 top:05 right:10 Alignbars=justify DateFormat=yyyy Period=from:1937 till:{{#time:Y}} TimeAxis=orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 columnwidth:240 ScaleMajor=increment:5 start:1940 ScaleMinor=increment:1 start:1937 Colors= id:37 value:red legend:1937,_active id:37x value:coral legend:1937,_retired id:42 value:kelleygreen legend:1942,_active id:42x value:drabgreen legend:1942,_retired id:99 value:blue legend:1999,_active id:13 value:orange legend:2013,_active id:17 value:purple legend:2017,_active id:17x value:lavender legend:2017,_retired id:silver value:gray(0.8) legend:lineup~changes LineData= at:1942 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:1945 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:1999 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:2000 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:2007 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:2013 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:2017 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:2023 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 at:2025 color:silver layer:back width:0.3 BarData= bar:Battleship text:Battleship bar:Racecar text:Race car bar:Hat text:Top Hat bar:Thimble text:Thimble bar:Boot text:Boot bar:Iron text:Iron bar:Cannon text:Cannon bar:Lantern text:Lantern bar:Purse text:Purse bar:Rockhorse text:Rocking horse bar:Dog text:Scottie dog bar:Wheelb text:Wheelbarrow bar:Horse text:Horse and rider bar:Moneybag text:Sack of money bar:Cat text:Cat bar:Penguin text:Penguin bar:Duck text:Rubber Duck bar:Trex text:T-Rex PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Battleship from:1937 till:2025 color:37x bar:Boot from:1937 till:2017 color:37x bar:Cannon from:1937 till:2000 color:37x bar:Cat from:2013 till:{{#time:Y}} color:13 bar:Horse from:1942 till:2000 color:42x bar:Iron from:1937 till:2013 color:37x bar:Lantern from:1937 till:1942 color:37x bar:Purse from:1937 till:1942 color:37x bar:Penguin from:2017 till:{{#time:Y}} color:17 bar:Racecar from:1937 till:{{#time:Y}} color:37 bar:Rockhorse from:1937 till:1942 color:37x bar:Duck from:2017 till:{{#time:Y}} color:17 bar:Moneybag from:1999 till:2007 color:99 bar:Moneybag from:2025 till:{{#time:Y}} color:99 bar:Dog from:1942 till:{{#time:Y}} color:42 bar:Thimble from:1937 till:2017 color:37 bar:Thimble from:2023 till:{{#time:Y}} color:37 bar:Hat from:1937 till:{{#time:Y}} color:37 bar:Trex from:2017 till:2023 color:17x bar:Wheelb from:1942 till:2017 color:42x }} '''Source:'''{{Cite web |last=Arneson |first=Erik |date=September 18, 2018 |title=What Are the Most Popular Monopoly Pieces? |url=https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/original-and-new-tokens-411914 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=The Spruce Crafts |publisher=Dotdash}} ====Special editions==== Over the years, Hasbro has released tokens for special or collector's editions of the game. One of the first tokens to come out included the [Steam Locomotive](/source/Steam_locomotive), which was only released in Deluxe Editions. A Director's Chair token was released in 2011 in limited edition copies of ''[Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story](/source/Under_the_Boardwalk%3A_The_Monopoly_Story)''. Shortly after the 2013 Facebook voting campaign, a limited-edition Golden Token set was released exclusively at various national retailers, such as Target in the U.S., and Tesco in the U.K.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Limited Edition |url=http://www.tesco.com/direct/monopoly-limited-edition/674-7141.prd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117030303/http://www.tesco.com/direct/monopoly-limited-edition/674-7141.prd |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=tesco.com}} The set contained the Battleship, Boot, Iron, Racecar, Scottie Dog, Thimble, Top hat and Wheelbarrow as well as the iron's potential replacements. These replacement tokens included the cat, the guitar, the diamond ring, the helicopter, and the robot. Hasbro released a 64-token limited edition set in 2017 called ''Monopoly Signature Token Collection'' to include all of the candidates that were not chosen in the vote held that year.{{Cite web |title=2017 Token Madness Event – Monopoly History |url=https://richunclepennybags.co.uk/2017-token-madness-event-monopoly-history |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=richunclepennybags.co.uk|date=April 26, 2022 }} ==Rules== ===Official rules=== Each player starts with $1,500 in their bank. Players roll the dice, and whoever rolls the highest number goes first. Play then proceeds clockwise. On a player's turn, they roll the dice and advance their piece clockwise around the board the corresponding number of squares. Rolling doubles allows a player to take another turn after moving their piece; however, if a player rolls doubles three times in a row, the player is immediately sent to jail and does not complete their third turn. A player who lands on or passes the "GO" space collects $200 from the bank. Players who land on either Income Tax or Luxury Tax pay the indicated amount to the bank. In older editions of the game, two options were given for Income Tax: either pay a flat fee of $200 (or $300) or 10% of total net worth (including the current values of all the properties and buildings owned). No calculation could be made before the choice, and no latitude was given for reversing an unwise decision. In 2008, the calculation option was removed from the official rules; simultaneously, the Luxury Tax was increased from $75 to $100. Nothing happens when a player lands on Free Parking. ====Chance and Community Chest==== If a player lands on a Chance or Community Chest space, they take the top card from the respective deck and follow its instructions. This may include collecting or paying money to the bank or another player or moving to a different space on the board. Two types of cards that involve jail, "Go to Jail" and "Get Out of Jail Free", are explained below. ====Jail==== {{Redirect|Go to Jail|the 1983 video game|Automonopoli|going to jail|Imprisonment}} A player lands in Jail by either: * Landing on the "Go to Jail" space * Throwing three consecutive doubles in a row * Drawing a "Go (Directly) to Jail" card from Chance or Community Chest When a player is sent to Jail, they move directly to the "In Jail" part of the "In Jail/Just Visiting" space, and their turn ends. They do not collect $200 for passing Go. If an ordinary dice roll (not one of the above events) ends with the player's token on the Jail corner, they are "Just Visiting", and can move ahead on their next turn without penalty. thumb|A Get Out of Jail Free Chance card If a player is in Jail, they cannot move and must either pay a fine of $50 to be released, use a Chance or Community Chest Get Out of Jail Free card, or roll doubles on their next turn. If a player fails to roll doubles, they lose their turn. Failing to roll doubles for three consecutive turns requires the player to either pay the $50 fine or use a Get Out of Jail Free card, then when they get out of Jail to move ahead according to the total rolled. Players in Jail may not buy properties directly from the bank since they cannot move. This does not impede any other transaction, meaning they can: mortgage properties, sell/trade properties to other players, buy/sell houses and hotels, collect rent, and bid on property auctions. A player who rolls doubles to leave Jail does not roll again; however, if the player pays the fine or uses a card to get out and then rolls doubles, they take another turn. ====Properties==== A player who lands on any unowned property may buy it from the bank at the listed purchase price. If the player declines to do so, the bank auctions the property and all players are eligible to bid, including the one who landed on it.{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2017 |title=We Just Discovered a Game-Changing Monopoly Rule |url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a47100/monopoly-auction-rule/ |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=goodhousekeeping.com}} If they land on a property that they own, nothing happens. If they land on a property that someone else owns and is unmortgaged, they must pay the owner a given rent if the owner calls for the rent within a certain time (typically it must be called before the next one or two players have thrown the dice, depending on edition). If a player has insufficient money to pay the rent, they may only mortgage properties or sell buildings to avoid going bankrupt.{{cite web |url=https://hasbro-new.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail_uk/a_id/83/kw/monopoly/ |title=What happens if a player owes more than they can pay in Monopoly? |author=Hasbro Consumer Care |date=2013-06-08 |website=Hasbro |access-date=2024-08-04}} Previous editions of the rules were widely interpreted to mean trading with other players was allowed to avoid bankruptcy.{{Cite book |last=Brady |first=Maxine |title=The Monopoly Book |date=1974 |publisher=David McKay Co |isbn=0-679-20292-7 |location=New York |pages=120–121}} If a player owns all the properties in a color group, the rent on the properties is doubled; and, if no properties in the group are mortgaged (see below), they can increase rent further by building houses on the property. A player may build houses on their own turn or between other players' turns. They pay the bank the cost listed on the property deed to place a house on the property. Houses must be built evenly on a group of properties: e.g., a second house cannot be built on any property within a group until all of them have their first house. Once four houses are built on a property, instead of building a fifth house the player may (for the same cost as building a house) return the four houses to the bank and replace them with a hotel, beyond which no further development is possible. If there is more demand for houses to be built than houses remaining in the bank, then an auction is conducted to determine who will get to purchase each house. Houses and hotels may be sold back to the bank for half their purchase price. Railroads and utilities do not belong to color groups and may not have houses and hotels built on them. However, their rent increases if a player owns more than one of either type. Properties with no houses or hotels on them can be traded or sold between players at any time, in any deal that is mutually agreed upon. ====Mortgaging==== Properties with no buildings on them can also be mortgaged. The player receives half the purchase price from the bank for each mortgaged property. This must be repaid with 10% interest to unmortgage. Players cannot collect rent on mortgaged properties; however, trading mortgaged properties is allowed, but the player receiving the mortgaged property must pay the bank the mortgage price plus 10% or keep the property mortgaged by paying just the 10% interest amount; if the player chooses the latter, they must pay the 10% again when they pay unmortgage. ====Bankruptcy==== When a player incurs debt to another player or the bank, the player must be able to raise enough cash to pay the full amount owed. A player who cannot pay their debts is considered bankrupt and is eliminated from the game. If the bankrupt player owes the bank, they must return all of their properties to the bank who then removes all buildings and puts them up for auction. If the debt is owed to another player, all properties are given to that opponent, except buildings which must be sold to the bank. The new owner must either pay off any mortgages held by the bank on the properties received or pay a fee of 10% of the mortgaged value if they choose to leave the properties mortgaged. The winner is the player remaining after all others have gone bankrupt. ===Official Short Game rules=== From 1936, the rules booklet included with each Monopoly set contained a short section at the end providing rules for making the game shorter, including dealing out two Title Deed cards to each player before starting the game, by setting a time limit or by ending the game after two players go bankrupt. A later version of the rules changed the termination condition to one player going bankrupt, similar to [the junior version](/source/Monopoly_Junior), in addition to adding the time limit game, in the main rules booklet.{{Cite book |last=Brady, Maxine |url=https://archive.org/details/monopolybookstra00brad/page/143 |title=The Monopoly Book |publisher=David McKay Company |year=1974 |isbn=0-679-20292-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/monopolybookstra00brad/page/143 143–144] |author-link=Maxine Brady}} Tournaments, which are played to a time limit, are played as standard games with no rule changes (no Title Deed cards handed to players). In all short games (including tournament play), the winner (and other players who advance in tournament play) is determined by their score. A player's total score consists of cash on hand, added by properties owned based on the price printed on the board, mortgaged properties at one-half the price on the board (mortgage value), houses at the purchase price, and hotels, at the purchase price and value of houses turned in.{{cite web |title=Monopoly rules from game box |url=https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/monins.pdf |website=Hasbro |access-date=2024-03-05 |ref=MONOPOLY1998Rules}} ===House rules=== {{rquote|right|width=30em|[V]irtually no one plays the game with the rules as written.|''Computer Gaming World'', 1994{{Cite magazine |date=August 1994 |title=These Just In |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=121 |department=Now Playing |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=152–156}}}} Many [house rules](/source/house_rules) have emerged for the game throughout its history. One of the most well-known is the "Free Parking jackpot" rule, where all the money collected from Income Tax, Luxury Tax, Chance and Community Chest goes to the center of the board instead of the bank. This may include an additional $500 to start each pile of Free Parking money, guaranteeing a minimum payout. When a player lands on Free Parking, they take all of the money. Other commonly used house rules include: eliminating property auctions if a player does not buy an unowned property on which they land; doubling the money for passing Go if a player lands on the space instead ($400 instead of $200); preventing players from collecting rent, bidding during auctions, or doing any transactions while in Jail; awarding additional money for rolling "snake eyes"; allowing a player to loan money to another player; or enabling someone to grant rent immunity to someone else. Some players and tournaments add extra flexibility when settling debts by allowing property trades with other players. Since these rules typically provide additional cash to players regardless of their property management choices, they can limit the role of strategy and increase the length of the game considerably.{{Cite web |last=Dove |first=Laurie L. |date=February 7, 2012 |title=5 Monopoly House Rules You Should Ditch |url=http://www.howstuffworks.com/leisure/brain-games/5-monopoly-house-rules-you-should-ditch.htm |access-date=July 11, 2013 |publisher=Howstuffworks.com}} Video game adaptations of ''Monopoly'' often include several house rules as optional features that can be toggled before starting a game. In 2014, Hasbro released a variant of the original game that included five popular house rules determined by a public Facebook vote.{{Cite web |title=Hasbro Unveils World's Favorite "House Rules" to Be Included in Future Monopoly Games |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hasbro-unveils-worlds-favorite-house-rules-to-be-included-in-future-monopoly-games-2014-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005085648/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hasbro-unveils-worlds-favorite-house-rules-to-be-included-in-future-monopoly-games-2014-04-04 |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |website=MarketWatch}} ==Strategy== According to Jim Slater in ''[The Mayfair Set](/source/The_Mayfair_Set)'', the Orange property group is the best to own because players land on them more often, as a result of the Chance cards "Go to Jail", "Advance to St. Charles Place (Pall Mall)", "Advance to Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station)" and "Go Back Three Spaces".{{YouTube|id=PdQ3ztGk0D4|title=The Mayfair Set – Episode 4 (Adam Curtis, BBC)}} In all, during game play, Illinois Avenue (Trafalgar Square) (Red), New York Avenue (Vine Street) (Orange), B&O Railroad (Fenchurch Street Station), and Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station) are the most frequently landed-upon properties. Mediterranean Avenue (Old Kent Road) (Brown/Purple), Baltic Avenue (Whitechapel Road) (Brown/Purple), Park Place (Park Lane) (Dark Blue), and Oriental Avenue (The Angel, Islington) (Light Blue) are the least-landed-upon properties. Among the property groups, the Railroads are most frequently landed upon, as no other group has four properties; Orange has the next highest frequency, followed by Red.{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Truman |year=1997 |title=Monopoly Square Probabilities |url=http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml |access-date=May 28, 2006}}; the page includes detailed analyses of expected income from each property and discussion of the strategic implications. According to ''[Business Insider](/source/Business_Insider)'', the best way to get the most out of every property is to build three houses on each as quickly as possible. In order to do so, the player must have all the corresponding properties of the color set. Once every possible property has three houses, it is advised they then upgrade to hotels.{{Cite news |last=Fantozzi |first=Joanna |title=7 Monopoly hacks to ensure that you win every time |url=https://www.insider.com/monopoly-tips-how-to-win-2018-1 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |website=Insider}} === Trading === Trading is a vital strategy in order to accumulate all the properties in a color set. Obtaining all the properties in a specific color set enables the player to buy houses and hotels which increase the rent another player has to pay when they land on the property. According to [''Slate''](/source/Slate_(magazine)), players trade to speed up the process and secure a win. Building at least 3 houses on each property allows the player to break even once at least one player lands on this property.{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Susan |date=November 28, 2018 |title=A Deranged Superfan's Guide to Making Monopoly Fun |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/11/monopoly-board-game-defense.html |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en}} ===End game=== One common criticism of ''Monopoly'' is that although it has carefully defined termination conditions, it may take an unlimited amount of time to reach them. Edward P. Parker, a former president of Parker Brothers, is quoted as saying, "We always felt that forty-five minutes was about the right length for a game, but ''Monopoly'' could go on for hours. Also, a game was supposed to have a definite end somewhere. In ''Monopoly'' you kept going around and around."{{Cite book |last=Brandreth |first=Gyles |title=The Monopoly Omnibus |publisher=Willow Books |year=1985 |isbn=0-00-218166-5 |edition=First hardcover |page=19 |author-link=Gyles Brandreth}} Hasbro states that the longest game of ''Monopoly'' ever played lasted 70 days.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly History and Fun Facts |url=http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/discover/history.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810014137/http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/discover/history.cfm |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=hasbro.com}} ==Related games== {{Overly detailed|section|date=September 2022}} ===Add-ons=== Numerous add-ons have been produced for ''Monopoly'', sold independently from the game both before its commercialization and after, with three official ones discussed below: ====''Stock Exchange''==== The original ''Stock Exchange'' add-on was published by Capitol Novelty Co. of [Rensselaer, New York](/source/Rensselaer%2C_New_York) in early 1936.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Stock Exchange |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9466/monopoly-stock-exchange-add |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=boardgamegeek.com}} It was marketed as an add-on for ''Monopoly'', ''Finance'', or ''Easy Money'' games. Shortly after Capitol Novelty introduced ''Stock Exchange'', Parker Brothers bought it from them then marketed their own, slightly redesigned, version as an add-on specifically for their "new" ''Monopoly'' game; the Parker Brothers version was available in June 1936. The Free Parking square is covered over by a new Stock Exchange space and the add-on included three Chance and three Community Chest cards.{{Cite web |title=1936 Stock Exchange Game |url=http://monopoly.cdbpdx.com/StEx/ |access-date=October 26, 2011}} The ''Stock Exchange'' add-on was later redesigned and re-released in 1992 under license by [Chessex](/source/Chessex), this time including ten new Chance cards and eleven new Community Chest card. Many of the original rules applied to this new version.{{cite web|title= Rules for Stock Exchange|url=https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/StockExchangegame.pdf|work=Hasbro|date=1936|access-date=June 23, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030310210934/https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/StockExchangegame.pdf|archive-date=March 10, 2003}} ====''Playmaster''==== Playmaster, another official add-on, released in 1982, is an electronic device that keeps track of all player movement and dice rolls as well as what properties are still available. It then uses this information to call random auctions and mortgages making it easier to free up cards of a color group. It also plays eight short tunes when key game functions occur; for example when a player lands on a railroad it plays "[I've Been Working on the Railroad](/source/I've_Been_Working_on_the_Railroad)", and a police car's siren sounds when a player goes to Jail.{{Cite web |title=BoardGameGeek.com page for the ''Monopoly'' Playmaster electronic accessory |url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/5638 |access-date=January 1, 2006 |website=boardgamegeek.com}} ====''Get Out of Jail'' and ''Free Parking'' minigames==== In 2009, Hasbro released two minigames that can be played as stand-alone games or combined with the ''Monopoly'' game. In ''Get Out of Jail'', the goal is to manipulate a spade under a jail cell to flick out various colored prisoners.{{Cite web |title=BoardGameGeek.com page for the ''Monopoly'' Get Out of Jail Mini Game |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/64611/monopoly-get-out-of-jail-mini-game |access-date=October 21, 2012 |website=boardgamegeek.com}}{{Cite web |title=Hasbro.com page for the ''Monopoly'' Get Out of Jail Mini Game |url=http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=99DA05B8-19B9-F369-108F-46A65BBC8780:en_US |access-date=October 22, 2012 |website=hasbro.com |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215132106/http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=99DA05B8-19B9-F369-108F-46A65BBC8780:en_US }} In ''Free Parking'', players attempt to balance taxis on a wobbly board. Both add-ons can also be integrated into the Monopoly game. Adding ''Free Parking'' allows players to take the "Taxi Challenge" when they land on Free Parking, and if successful, can move to any space on the board.{{Cite web |title=BoardGameGeek.com page for the ''Monopoly'' Free Parking Mini Game |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/64706/monopoly-free-parking-mini-game |access-date=October 21, 2012 |website=boardgamegeek.com}}{{Cite web |title=Hasbro.com page for the ''Monopoly'' Free Parking Mini Game |url=http://www.hasbro.com/games/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=99E816FB-19B9-F369-10EE-49E016047484:en_US |access-date=October 22, 2012 |website=hasbro.com |archive-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822042923/http://www.hasbro.com/games/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=99E816FB-19B9-F369-10EE-49E016047484:en_US }} Adding ''Get Out of Jail'' replaces the mechanic of rolling doubles to get out of jail with successfully flicking a prisoner out of the jail. ====Speed Die==== thumb|The Speed Die First included in Winning Moves' ''Monopoly: The Mega Edition'' variant, this third, six-sided die is rolled with the other two, and accelerates game-play when in use.{{Cite news |last=Calligeros |first=Marissa |date=April 5, 2010 |title=Old favourite still streets ahead |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/old-favourite-still-streets-ahead-20100406-ro0n.html |access-date=November 2, 2016}} In 2007, Parker Brothers began releasing its standard version (also called the Speed Die Edition) of ''Monopoly'' with the same die{{Cite web |title=Monopoly – Speed Die Edition |url=http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/ig/Monopoly.-8Tw/Speed-Die.-8VZ.htm |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=About.com Home |publisher=About, Inc. |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906073321/http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/ig/Monopoly.-8Tw/Speed-Die.-8VZ.htm }} (originally in blue, later in red). Its faces are: 1, 2, 3, two "[Mr. Monopoly](/source/Mr._Monopoly)" sides, and a bus. The numbers behave as normal, adding to the other two dice, unless a "triple" is rolled, in which case the player can move to any space on the board. If "Mr. Monopoly" is rolled while there are unowned properties, the player advances forward to the nearest one. Otherwise, the player advances to the nearest property on which rent is owed. In the ''Monopoly: Mega Edition'', rolling the bus allows the player to take the regular dice move, then either take a bus ticket or move to the nearest draw card space. Mega rules specifies that triples do not count as doubles for going to jail as the player does not roll again.{{Cite news |date=2006 |title=Monopoly: Mega Edition Rules |pages=2–3 |publisher=Winning Moves, Inc |url=https://winning-moves.com/images/megamonopolyrules.pdf |access-date=November 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703094505/https://winning-moves.com/images/megamonopolyrules.pdf |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |url-status=live }} Used in a regular edition, the bus (properly "get off the bus") allows the player to use only one of the two numbered dice or the sum of both, thus a roll of 1, 5, and bus would let the player choose between moving 1, 5, or 6 spaces.{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=Monopoly Rules |url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/00009.pdf |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=Hasbro.com |publisher=Hasbro |pages=1–2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325075048/http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/00009.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=live }} The Speed Die is used throughout the game in the ''Mega Edition'', while in the regular edition it is used by any player who has passed GO at least once. In these editions it remains optional, although use of the Speed Die was made mandatory for use in the 2009 U.S. and World ''Monopoly'' Championship, as well as the 2015 World Championship. ====2025 expansion packs==== On January 7, 2025, three expansion packs were introduced by Hasbro: "Go to Jail", "Buy Everything" and "Free Parking Jackpot," as part of the game's 90th anniversary celebration and a broader revamp of the classic board game. In all three versions, the game ends when one player goes bankrupt or all available properties are purchased, and the standard short game scoring is used to determine the winner. * '''Buy Everything''': This expansion introduces a buy die, a sale vault containing three deeds, sale cards, and deeds for squares such as Go and Community Chest. In addition, players start with $2,150 instead of $1,500. Owners of the Go To Jail, Income Tax and Luxury Tax squares collect fines from other players. Each turn, players roll the buy die after rolling the regular dice. All 36 properties (instead of 28) must be owned before the game ends unless one player goes bankrupt. The game also features a new win condition where if a player completes the win condition on a sale card (four railroads, three consecutive doubles, Boardwalk hotel, et al). * '''Free Parking Jackpot''': This variation adds a Free Parking spinner and designates the Chance and Community Chest squares as "spin spaces" where a player gets a spin of the Free Parking spinner. Payments and penalties are placed in the Jackpot. This also introduces the "Deal Mobile" designation that allows players to buy unowned properties at will and skip out on rent. * '''Go to Jail''': In this expansion, players receive Corruption cards for going to jail or Super Jail. When the game termination condition is reached, all players in Jail or Super Jail are automatically eliminated and have lost the game. The winner must not be in either space when the statistics are calculated. ===Spin-offs=== Parker Brothers and its licensees have also sold several spin-offs of ''Monopoly''. These are not add-ons, as they do not function as an addition to the ''Monopoly'' game, but are simply additional games with the flavor of ''Monopoly'': * ''[Advance to Boardwalk](/source/Advance_to_Boardwalk)'' board game (1985): Focusing mainly on building the most hotels along the Boardwalk.{{Cite web |title=Advance to Boardwalk |url=https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/AdvancetoBoardwalk.PDF |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=hasbro.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021222113231/https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/AdvancetoBoardwalk.PDF |archive-date=December 22, 2002 |url-status=live }} * ''[Don't Go to Jail](/source/Don't_Go_to_Jail)'': Dice game originally released by Parker Brothers; roll combinations of dice to create color groups for points before rolling the words "GO" "TO" and "JAIL" (which forfeits all earned points for the turn).{{Cite web |last=Arneson |first=Erik |title=Monopoly Express |url=http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/ig/Monopoly.-8Tw/Monopoly-Express.-8VO.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616070308/http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/ig/Monopoly.-8Tw/Monopoly-Express.-8VO.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2009 |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=About.com Home |publisher=About, Inc. }} * ''[Monopoly DICED!](/source/Don't_Go_to_Jail)'': A deluxe, travel edition re-release of ''Don't Go To Jail'', replacing the word dice with "Officer Jones" dice and adding an eleventh die, Houses & Hotels, and a self-contained game container/dice roller & keeper.{{Cite web |url=https://shop.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-diced-game-easy-to-learn-game-quick-game-portable-travel-game-fast-game-for-kids-8-and-up/7B98ABB4-E7E9-42A2-A339-3364495BAB59|title=Monopoly Diced Game, Portable Travel Game|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=[Hasbro](/source/Hasbro) }} * ''[Free Parking](/source/Free_Parking)'' card game (1988) A more complex card game released by Parker Brothers, with several similarities to the card game ''[Mille Bornes](/source/Mille_Bornes)''. Uses cards to either add time to parking meters, or spend the time doing activities to earn points.{{Cite web |last=Arneson |first=Erik |title=Free Parking |url=http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/p/free_parking.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413092324/http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/p/free_parking.htm |archive-date=April 13, 2013 |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=About.com Home |publisher=About, Inc.}} Includes a deck of Second Chance cards that further alter game-play. Two editions were made; minor differences in card art and Second Chance cards in each edition. * ''[Monopoly City](/source/Monopoly_City)'': Game-play retains similar flavor but has been made significantly more complex in this version. The traditional properties are replaced by "districts" mapped to the previously underutilized real estate in the centre of the board.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly City is Game of the Year |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/MONOPOLY-CITY-is-GAME-OF-THE-bw-750808495.html?x=0&.v=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201044434/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/MONOPOLY-CITY-is-GAME-OF-THE-bw-750808495.html?x=0&.v=1 |archive-date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=finance.yahoo.com}} * ''[Monopoly Deal](/source/Monopoly_Deal)'': The card game version of ''Monopoly''. Players attempt to complete three property groups by playing property, cash & event cards with a deck of 110 cards.{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2021 |title=Monopoly Deal is the only Monopoly worth playing |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly-deal/opinion/monopoly-deal-only-good-monopoly |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}} * ''[Monopoly Junior](/source/Monopoly_Junior)'' board game (first published 1990, multiple variations since): A simplified version of the original game for young children.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Junior |url=https://shop.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-junior-game:EB700C54-5056-9047-F549-C3BA86CB916F |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=shop.hasbro.com}} * ''Monopoly Town'' by Parker Brothers / Hasbro (2008) a young children's game of racing designed to help them learn to count.{{Cite web |last=Arneson |first=Erik |title=Monopoly Town |url=http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/ig/Monopoly.-8Tw/Monopoly-Town.-8Vc.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617123946/http://boardgames.about.com/od/monopoly/ig/Monopoly.-8Tw/Monopoly-Town.-8Vc.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2009 |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=About.com Home |publisher=About, Inc. }} * ''[The Mad Magazine Game](/source/The_Mad_Magazine_Game)'' (1979): Gameplay is similar, but the goals and directions often opposite to those of ''Monopoly''; the object is for players to lose all of their money.{{Cite web |title=The Mad Magazine Game |url=https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1604/mad-magazine-game |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=boardgamegeek.com}} ===Monopoly for Sore Losers=== '''''Monopoly for Sore Losers''''' is a spin-off of ''Monopoly''. It was published in 2020{{Cite web |last=Sarah Griffiths Last |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Christmas gift ideas: Monopoly For Sore Losers Edition is a winner for boardgame lovers |url=https://www.t3.com/news/gift-guide-monopoly-for-sore-losers-edition-is-a-winner-for-boardgame-lovers |access-date=September 5, 2021 |website=T3}}{{Cite web |title=Monopoly For Sore Losers is the board game for people who hate losing |url=https://www.joe.co.uk/entertainment/monopoly-for-sore-losers-254337 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |website=JOE.co.uk |date=October 29, 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Monopoly For Sore Losers Named As One Of Must-Have Presents To Buy This Christmas |url=https://www.ladbible.com/community/uk-monopoly-for-sore-losers-named-as-one-of-must-have-presents-to-buy-20201028 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |website=www.ladbible.com |date=October 28, 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Monopoly has a special edition for those Sore Losers during Games Night |url=https://www.fm104.ie/news/buzz/monopoly-has-a-special-edition-for-those-sore-losers-during-games-night/ |access-date=September 5, 2021 |website=FM104 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Is new Monopoly with a big twist set to be the board game hit this Christmas? |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/whats-on/new-monopoly-big-twist-set-be-board-game-hit-christmas-3033065 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |website=www.miltonkeynes.co.uk |date=November 12, 2020 |language=en}} by [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro) and, according to the box, "creates—and celebrates—sore losers". Its main difference from standard ''Monopoly'' is the introduction of a sore loser mechanic, which allows players to temporarily assume control of a special token that protects them from most negative effects of landing on board spaces—at their opponents' expense. ==== Gameplay differences from regular ''Monopoly'' ==== During the initial roll to determine turn order, the player with the lowest total goes first. The main difference from standard ''Monopoly'' is the introduction of the sore loser mechanic. Each player is given 2 sore loser coins upon the start of the game, and the remainder are placed in the centre of the board. A player collects a sore loser coin from the Bank if they have to do any of the following: pay rent to another player, pay taxes and bills to the Bank, go to jail, land on a property that they own, or draw a Chance or Community Chest card that instructs them to collect a coin. If a player lands on Free Parking, they are allowed to steal a sore loser coin from another player, which could be traded. A player may not collect a sore loser coin if they have four. At the beginning of their turn, a player with four sore loser coins, may place them in the centre of the board. That player then takes the Mr. Monopoly token and replaces their token with the Mr. Monopoly token—their normal token being placed in the centre of the board. Whilst a player is Mr. Monopoly, they cannot collect sore loser coins, and the actions they take when landing on spaces are altered, including collecting money when landing on the properties of other players, collecting money from the bank when landing on a tax or bill space, not go to jail, and requiring other players to lose sore loser coins. Whenever any player, including Mr. Monopoly's owner, rolls doubles, Mr. Monopoly's owner is allowed to place one free house on any street on the board. The property selected for this free house does not need to be owned by Mr. Monopoly, nor does it need to be part of a complete set, and placing doubles houses unevenly is also allowed. However, Mr. Monopoly's owner may not place this free house on a street that already has four houses, nor may they upgrade to a hotel. Buildings are permanent and could not be sold. If a property with buildings on it is traded away, the buildings remain and start providing rent to the new owner. If Mr. Monopoly's dice roll makes him land on the same space as another player, the Mr. Monopoly token is placed over that other player's token, and Mr. Monopoly's owner is allowed to steal one property from the player he landed on—said property must not be part of a complete set. If a property with buildings on it is stolen, the buildings remain on the property and start providing rent to Mr. Monopoly's owner. In addition, whilst a player is under Mr. Monopoly, they are trapped—their turn will be skipped until Mr. Monopoly moves, but said players can still take part in auctions and trade. If Mr. Monopoly lands on the Jail space, he traps other players on both spaces. However, these actions could not be taken if a player becomes Mr. Monopoly whilst on the same space as another player. Once Mr. Monopoly is in play, if another player cashes in their sore loser coins to become him, the old owner restores their normal token to the space they are on, and Mr. Monopoly is transferred to the space of the new owner, whose token is placed in the centre of the board. If a player goes bankrupt, their sore loser coins are returned to the centre of the board. The game is ended through one of two means- bankruptcy or all of the properties have been purchased. If the latter happens, players must return to Go, with Mr. Monopoly's owner not allowed to steal a property when they land on Go for the final time. Players subsequently collect rent from all of their properties, according to full colour sets and development, and after that the player with the most capital is the winner. ===Video games=== {{Main|Monopoly video games|l1 = ''Monopoly'' video games}} Besides the many variants of the actual game (and the ''[Monopoly Junior](/source/Monopoly_Junior)'' spin-off) released in either video game or computer game formats (e.g., [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64), [Macintosh](/source/Macintosh), [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)-based [PC](/source/Personal_computer), [Game Boy](/source/Game_Boy), [Game Boy Advance](/source/Game_Boy_Advance), [Nintendo Entertainment System](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System), [iPad](/source/iPad), [Genesis](/source/Sega_Genesis), [Super NES](/source/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System), etc.), two spin-off computer games have been created.{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=Monopoly for GEN |url=http://www.gamespot.com/genesis/puzzle/monopoly/index.html |access-date=December 23, 2006 |website=GameSpot}} In 1995, Hasbro released [their first in-house ''Monopoly''](/source/Monopoly_(1995_video_game)) video game. An electronic hand-held version was marketed from 1997 to 2001.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/MonopolyHandHeld.pdf|title=Monopoly Electronic Handheld Electronic Game instruction|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422082847/http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/MonopolyHandHeld.pdf|archive-date=April 22, 2003|url-status=live}} Notable recent releases include: * ''Monopoly'': The [iPhone](/source/iPhone) game designed by [Electronic Arts](/source/Electronic_Arts).{{Cite web |title=Monopoly |url=https://monopoly.en.softonic.com/?ex=CAT-752.2#app-softonic-review |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=monopoly.en.softonic.com}} * ''Monopoly Millionaires'': The Facebook game designed by [Playfish](/source/Playfish).{{Cite web |title=A Closer Look at Monopoly Millionaires on Facebook |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/a-closer-look-at-monopoly-millionaires-on-facebook/ |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=adweek.com|date=February 23, 2011 }} * ''[Monopoly Streets](/source/Monopoly_Streets)'': A video game played for the [Xbox 360](/source/Xbox_360), [Wii](/source/Wii), and [PlayStation 3](/source/PlayStation_3). The video game includes properties now played on a street.{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2010 |title=Monopoly Streets Game Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/monopoly-streets |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=commonsensemedia.org}} * ''[Monopoly Tycoon](/source/Monopoly_Tycoon)'': A game where players build businesses on the properties they own.{{Cite web |title=Monopol Tycoon Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/monopoly-tycoon-review/1900-2814717/ |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=gamespot.com}} * ''Monopoly Plus'': A game for the [Xbox One](/source/Xbox_One), [Nintendo Switch](/source/Nintendo_Switch), and [PlayStation 4](/source/PlayStation_4) with high definition graphics.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Plus Xbox One |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/monopoly-plus/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-one |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=metacritic.com}} * ''Monopoly'': The mobile game on [iOS](/source/iOS) and [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)) devices designed by Marmalade Game Studios.{{Cite web |title=A magical new Monopoly game – launching today! |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/355127/A_magical_new_MONOPOLY_game__launching_today.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804030814/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/355127/A_magical_new_MONOPOLY_game__launching_today.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |website=www.gamasutra.com}} * ''Monopoly Go!'': ''Monopoly Go!'' was released on April 11, 2023, for mobile devices ([Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)) and [iOS](/source/iOS)) by [Scopely](/source/Scopely). After its first year, it became the most popular mobile game of 2023, generating more than $2 billion in revenue.{{Cite web |title=After 1 year of the launch of Monopoly Go! It has already become one of the most popular games for mobile phones. |url=https://www.elconfiable.com/en/games/monopoly-go/After-1-year-of-the-launch-of-Monopoly-Go-it-has-already-become-one-of-the-most-popular-games-for-mobile/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |website=www.ElConfiable.com|date=April 10, 2024 }} ===Gambling games=== ''Monopoly''-themed [slot machine](/source/slot_machine)s and [lotteries](/source/lottery) have been produced by [WMS Gaming](/source/WMS_Gaming) in conjunction with [International Game Technology](/source/International_Game_Technology) for land-based casinos.{{Cite news |title=Monopoly Luxury Diamonds slot machine—WMS GAMING |language=en |url=https://www.casinojournal.com/articles/89072-monopoly-luxury-diamonds-slot-machinewms-gaming |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401033911/https://www.casinojournal.com/articles/89072-monopoly-luxury-diamonds-slot-machinewms-gaming }}{{Cite news |title=WMS introduces Monopoly Bigger Event Big Money Spin |language=en |url=https://www.casinojournal.com/articles/86336-wms-introduces-monopoly-bigger-event-big-money-spin |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401055342/https://www.casinojournal.com/articles/86336-wms-introduces-monopoly-bigger-event-big-money-spin }}{{Cite press release |date=October 4, 2004 |title=WMS Gaming Expands Monopoly Licensed Offerings with Next Generation of Games Premiering Across Multiple Product Lines |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041004005063/en/WMS-Gaming-Expands-MONOPOLY-Licensed-Offerings-Generation |access-date=August 14, 2018 |language=en}} [WagerWorks](/source/WagerWorks), who have the online rights to ''Monopoly'', have created online ''Monopoly'' themed games.{{Cite web |title=WagerWorks Monopoly Here and Now Casino Video Slot Game Review |url=http://www.casinoadvisor.com/wagerworks-monopoly-here-and-now-video-slot-game.html |access-date=August 14, 2018 |website=casinoadvisor.com}} London's [Gamesys](/source/Gamesys) Group have also developed ''Monopoly''-themed gambling games.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Casino |url=http://www.gamesyscorporate.com/games-brands/brands/monopoly-casino/ |access-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-date=March 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328022047/http://www.gamesyscorporate.com/games-brands/brands/monopoly-casino/ }} The British quiz machine brand [itbox](/source/itbox) also supports a ''Monopoly'' trivia and chance game.{{Cite web |title=Itbox |url=https://www.52chutian.com/monopoly-was-designed-to-train-the-99-about-income-inequality.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232546/https://www.52chutian.com/monopoly-was-designed-to-train-the-99-about-income-inequality.html |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |access-date=August 14, 2018}} There was also a live, online version of ''Monopoly''. Six painted taxis drive around London picking up passengers. When the taxis reach their final destination, the region of London that they are in is displayed on the online board. This version takes far longer to play than board-game ''Monopoly'', with one game lasting 24 hours. Results and position are sent to players via e-mail at the conclusion of the game.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Live |url=http://www.monopolylive.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612222650/http://monopolylive.com/ |archive-date=June 12, 2006 |access-date=May 25, 2006}} ===Play-by-mail game=== Mail Games Inc. created a [play-by-mail game](/source/play-by-mail_game) (PBM) version of ''Monopoly'', reviewed in the August–September 1990 issue of ''[White Wolf Magazine](/source/White_Wolf_Magazine)''.{{Cite magazine |last=Wieck |first=Stewart |date=August–September 1990 |title=PBM Game Reviews: Monopoly |magazine=[White Wolf Magazine](/source/White_Wolf_Magazine) |issue=22 |page=42}} The PBM version was similar to the board game, although compared with many PBM games it was [relatively simple](/source/Play-by-mail_game). The game moderator processed players' [turn orders](/source/Play-by-mail_game) simultaneously, but alternated the order that players' turns were initiated to allow sequential transactions as in the board game. ==Media== ===Commercial promotions=== {{Main|McDonald's Monopoly}} The McDonald's Monopoly game is a sweepstakes advertising promotion of [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's) and Hasbro that has been offered in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States.{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2014 |title=6 Things You Didn't Know About McDonald's Monopoly |url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-mcdonalds-monopoly |access-date=August 14, 2018 |website=The Daily Meal |language=en}} ===Television game show=== {{Main|Monopoly (game show)|l1 = ''Monopoly'' (game show)}} A short-lived ''Monopoly'' game show aired on Saturday evenings from June 16 to September 1, 1990, on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company). The show was produced by [Merv Griffin](/source/Merv_Griffin) and hosted by [Mike Reilly](/source/Mike_Reilly_(television_personality)). The show was paired with a summer-long ''[Super Jeopardy!](/source/Super_Jeopardy!)'' tournament, which also aired during this period on ABC.{{Cite web |date=June 6, 1990 |title=Game show |website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-06-ca-548-story.html |access-date=August 12, 2018}} From 2010 to 2014, [The Hub](/source/The_Hub_(TV_network)) aired the game show ''[Family Game Night](/source/Family_Game_Night_(TV_series))'' with [Todd Newton](/source/Todd_Newton). For the first two seasons, teams earned cash in the form of "Monopoly Crazy Cash Cards" from the "Monopoly Crazy Cash Corner", which was then inserted to the "Monopoly Crazy Cash Machine" at the end of the show. In addition, beginning with Season 2, teams won "Monopoly Party Packages" for winning the individual games. For Season 3, there was a Community Chest. Each card on [Mr. Monopoly](/source/Mr._Monopoly) had a combination of three colors. Teams used the combination card to unlock the chest. If it was the right combination, they advanced to the Crazy Cash Machine for a brand-new car. For the show's fourth season, a new game was added called Monopoly Remix, featuring Park Place and Boardwalk, as well as Income Tax and Luxury Tax.{{Cite web |title=Family Game Night |url=https://eaassets-a.akamaihd.net/eahelp/manuals/hasbro-family-game-night-4-the-game-show-manuals_Microsoft%20XBOX360.pdf |access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814200931/https://eaassets-a.akamaihd.net/eahelp/manuals/hasbro-family-game-night-4-the-game-show-manuals_Microsoft%20XBOX360.pdf |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |url-status=live }} To honor the game's 80th anniversary, a game show in [syndication](/source/Syndication_(television)) on March 28, 2015, called ''[Monopoly Millionaires' Club](/source/Monopoly_Millionaires'_Club_(TV_series))'' was launched. It was connected with a [multi-state lottery game of the same name](/source/Monopoly_Millionaires'_Club) and hosted by comedian [Billy Gardell](/source/Billy_Gardell) from ''[Mike & Molly](/source/Mike_%26_Molly)'' with Todd Newton. The game show was filmed at the [Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino](/source/Rio_All_Suite_Hotel_and_Casino) and at [Bally's Las Vegas](/source/Bally's_Las_Vegas) in [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas), with players having a chance to win up to $1,000,000. However, the lottery game connected with the game show (which provided the contestants) went through multiple complications and variations, and the game show last aired at the end of April 2016.{{Cite magazine |title='Monopoly Millionaires' Club' gets a premiere date -- exclusive |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/07/monopoly-millionaires-club-billy-gardell-exclusive |access-date=August 14, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2015 |title=20 from N.J. chosen to appear on Monopoly Millionaires' Club game show |url=http://www.nj.com/lottery/index.ssf/2015/01/20_from_nj_chosen_from_monopol.html |access-date=August 14, 2018 |website=NJ.com}} ===Films=== In November 2008, [Ridley Scott](/source/Ridley_Scott) was announced to direct [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures)' film version of the game, based on a script written by [Pamela Pettler](/source/Pamela_Pettler). The film was being co-produced by Hasbro's [Brian Goldner](/source/Brian_Goldner) as part of a deal with Hasbro to develop movies based on the company's line of toys and games.{{Cite magazine |last=Graser |first=Marc |date=November 12, 2008 |title=Ridley Scott to direct 'Monopoly' |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/ridley-scott-to-direct-monopoly-1117995718/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117153836/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995718.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |archive-date=November 17, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}{{Cite magazine |date=November 12, 2008 |title='Monopoly' has electric company |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} The story was being developed by author [Frank Beddor](/source/Frank_Beddor).{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2009 |title=Bedder Reveals Monopoly Story Details |url=https://monopolygoevent.online/ |access-date=April 12, 2011 |publisher=Comingsoon.net |archive-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130014817/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60840 }} However, Universal eventually halted development in February 2012 then opted out of the agreement and the rights reverted to Hasbro.{{Cite news |last=Fritz |first=Ben |date=January 30, 2012 |title=Universal-Hasbro deal fizzles with departure of 'Stretch Armstrong' |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/01/universal-hasbro-deal-fizzles-with-departure-of-stretch-armstrong.html |access-date=February 6, 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Rich |first=Katey |date=February 7, 2012 |title=Universal Paid Millions To Not Make Hasbro's Board Game Movies |work=Cinema Blend.com |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Universal-Paid-Millions-Make-Hasbro-Board-Game-Movies-29296.html |access-date=April 6, 2013}} In October 2012, Hasbro announced a new partnership with production company [Emmett/Furla Films](/source/Emmett%2FFurla%2FOasis_Films), and said they would develop a live-action version of the game, along with [Action Man](/source/Action_Man) and [Hungry Hungry Hippos](/source/Hungry_Hungry_Hippos).{{Cite news |title=Hungry Hungry Hippos, Action Man, Monopoly headed to big screen |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-hungry-hungry-hippos-action-man-monopoly-movie-20121004,0,4066248.story}} Emmett/Furla/Oasis dropped out of the production of this satire version that was to be directed by Ridley Scott.{{Cite web |last=Schaefer |first=Sandy |date=July 1, 2015 |title='Monopoly' Gets A Synopsis; Andrew Niccol Writing The Script |url=https://screenrant.com/monopoly-movie-plot-summary-script/ |website=Screen Rant}} In July 2015, Hasbro announced that [Lionsgate](/source/Lionsgate_Films) would distribute a ''Monopoly'' film with [Andrew Niccol](/source/Andrew_Niccol) writing the film as a family-friendly action adventure film co-financed and produced by Lionsgate and Hasbro's [Allspark Pictures](/source/Allspark_(company)).{{Cite news |last=Callan |first=Patrick |date=July 2, 2015 |title=Monopoly movie passes go |work=Kidscreen |publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd. |url=http://kidscreen.com/2015/07/02/monopoly-movie-passes-go/ |access-date=July 4, 2015}} In January 2019, it was announced that Allspark Pictures would now be producing an untitled ''Monopoly'' film in conjunction with [Kevin Hart](/source/Kevin_Hart)'s company HartBeat Productions and The Story Company. Hart was attached to star in the film and [Tim Story](/source/Tim_Story) was attached to direct. No logline or writer for this iteration of the long-gestating project had been announced.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=January 17, 2019 |title=Kevin Hart To Star In 'Monopoly' Movie For Lionsgate & Hasbro, Tim Story To Direct |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/kevin-hart-monopoly-movie-lionsgate-hasbro-tim-story-oscars-1202536383/ |access-date=January 17, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}} In April 2024 at [CinemaCon](/source/CinemaCon), it was announced that Lionsgate and [Hasbro Entertainment](/source/Hasbro_Entertainment) would partner with [Margot Robbie](/source/Margot_Robbie) and [Tom Ackerley](/source/Tom_Ackerley)'s company [LuckyChap Entertainment](/source/LuckyChap_Entertainment) to produce the ''Monopoly'' film adaptation.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/luckychap-monopoly-movie-lionsgate-hasbro-cinemacon-1235880413/|title='Barbie' Producer LuckyChap Rolls Dice On 'Monopoly' With Lionsgate & Hasbro – CinemaCon|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|first2=Anthony|last2=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 10, 2024|access-date=April 11, 2024}} The documentary ''[Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story](/source/Under_the_Boardwalk%3A_The_MONOPOLY_Story)'', covering the history and players of the game, won an Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2010 Anaheim International Film Festival. The film played theatrically in the U.S. beginning in March 2011 and was released on Amazon and iTunes[https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/under-boardwalk-the-monopoly/id497904316 iTunes Store listing – Under the Boardwalk] UTB on iTunes on February 14, 2012. The television version of the film won four regional [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award)s from the Pacific Southwest Chapter of [NATAS](/source/NATAS).{{Cite web|url=http://nataspsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-Recipient-List-for-Website.pdf|title=Nataspsw.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729124124/http://nataspsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-Recipient-List-for-Website.pdf|archive-date=July 29, 2014|url-status=live}} The film is directed by [Kevin Tostado](/source/Kevin_Tostado) and narrated by [Zachary Levi](/source/Zachary_Levi).{{Cite web|title=Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story|url=https://www.monopolydocumentary.com/|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=www.monopolydocumentary.com}} It is the subject of [Stephen Ives](/source/Stephen_Ives)' [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) ''Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History'' which first aired on ''[American Experience](/source/American_Experience)'' on February 20, 2023.[https://jacobin.com/2023/02/ruthless-monopoly-secret-history-interview-anti-capitalism-history-board-game Rampell, Ed. "The Anti-Capitalist Origins of the Monopoly Man," ''Jacobin'' (magazine), Monday, February 20, 2023.] Retrieved February 20, 2023. ==Tournaments== ===U.S. National Championship=== Until 1999, U.S. entrants had to win a state/district/territory competition to represent that state/district/territory at the once every four-year national championship. The 1999 U.S. National Tournament had 50 contestants—49 State Champions (Oklahoma was not represented) and the reigning national champion.{{Cite web |date=October 20, 1999 |title=Monopoly masters wheel and deal in national championship |url=https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/oct/20/monopoly-masters-wheel-and-deal-in-national-champi/}} Qualifying for the National Championship has been online since 2003. For the 2003 Championship, qualification was limited to the first fifty people who correctly completed an online quiz. Out of concerns that such methods of qualifying might not always ensure a competition of the best players, the 2009 Championship qualifying was expanded to include an online multiple-choice quiz (a score of 80% or better was required to advance); followed by an online five-question essay test; followed by a two-game online tournament at Pogo.com. The process was to have produced a field of 23 plus one: Matt McNally, the 2003 national champion, who received a bye and was not required to qualify. However, at the end of the online tournament, there was an eleven-way tie for the last six spots. The decision was made to invite all of those who had tied for said spots. In fact, two of those who had tied and would have otherwise been eliminated, Dale Crabtree of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Brandon Baker, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, played in the final game and finished third and fourth respectively.Tostado, Kevin. ''Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story''. Tostie Productions, 2010, film. The 2009 ''Monopoly'' U.S. National Championship was held on April 14–15 in Washington, D.C. In his first tournament, Richard Marinaccio, an attorney from [Sloan, New York](/source/Sloan%2C_New_York), beat two previous champions to be crowned the 2009 U.S. National Champion and took home $20,580—the amount of money in the bank of the board game—and competed in the 2009 World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 21–22, where he finished in third place. In 2015, Hasbro used an online competition to determine who would be the U.S. representative to compete at the 2015 ''Monopoly'' World Championship. Interested players took a twenty-question quiz on ''Monopoly'' strategy and rules and submitted a hundred-word essay on how to win a ''Monopoly'' tournament. Hasbro then selected Brian Valentine of Washington, D.C., to be the U.S. representative.{{Cite web |title=Home – 2015 U.S. Monopoly Game Quiz |url=http://www.monopolychamps.com/index.php |website=monopolychamps.com}}{{Cite web |title=USA Representative Chosen! – 2015 U.S. Monopoly Game Quiz |url=http://www.monopolychamps.com/winners.php |website=monopolychamps.com}} ===World Championship=== Hasbro conducts a worldwide ''Monopoly'' tournament. The first ''Monopoly'' World Championships took place in [Grossinger's Resort](/source/Grossinger's_Resort) in New York, in November 1973, but they did not include competitors from outside the United States until 1975. It has been aired in the United States by [ESPN](/source/ESPN360). In 2009, forty-one players competed for the title of ''Monopoly'' World Champion and a cash prize of $20,580 (USD)—the total amount of Monopoly money in the current Monopoly set used in the tournament. The most recent World Championship took place September 2015 in [Macau](/source/Macau). Italian Nicolò Falcone defeated the defending world champion and players from twenty-six other countries.{{Cite web |last=Under the Boardwalk, LLC |title=Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story – 2015 Monopoly Championship Info |url=http://www.monopolydocumentary.com/tournaments.htm |website=monopolydocumentary.com}}{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2015 |title=Nicoló Falcone of Italy Defeats Defending Champion Bjørn Halvard Knappskog of Norway to Win 2015 Monopoly World Championship! – Business Wire |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150908006259/en/Nicol%C3%B3-Falcone-Italy-Defeats-Defending-Champion-Bj%C3%B8rn#.Ve8z8XBVhBc |website=businesswire.com}} World Championships were planned for 2021 but were canceled due to the [Coronavirus](/source/Coronavirus_disease_2019) pandemic.{{Cite news |last=Falcone |first=Nicolò |date=2022-09-02 |title=Experience: I am the Monopoly world champion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/02/experience-i-am-the-monopoly-world-champion |access-date=2024-06-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story -- Monopoly Championship Info |url=https://www.monopolydocumentary.com/tournaments.htm#:~:text=A%20planned%20world%20championship%20in,Kong,%20may%20still%20take%20place.&text=France%20-%20May%2011%20&%2012,,Menton%20(player-organized). |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209175331/https://www.monopolydocumentary.com/tournaments.htm |archive-date=Dec 9, 2023 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=www.monopolydocumentary.com}} {| class="wikitable" |- !Date !Location !Winner !Nationality |- |1973 |{{flagicon|USA}} [Liberty, New York](/source/Liberty%2C_New_York) |Lee Bayrd |{{flag|United States}} |- |1974 |{{flagicon|USA}} [New York City](/source/New_York_City) |Alvin Aldridge |{{flag|United States}} |- |1975 |{{flagicon|USA}} [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) |John Mair |{{flag|Ireland}} |- |1977 |{{flagicon|Monaco}} [Monte Carlo](/source/Monte_Carlo) |Chong Seng Kwa{{Cite web |title=NewspaperSG - Terms and Conditions |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19771030-1.2.8 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |language=en-SG}} |{{flag|Singapore}} |- |1980 |{{flag|Bermuda}} |Cesare Bernabei |{{flag|Italy}} |- |1983 |{{flagicon|USA}} [Palm Beach](/source/Palm_Beach%2C_Florida) |Greg Jacobs |{{flag|Australia}} |- |1985 |{{flagicon|USA}} [Atlantic City](/source/Atlantic_City%2C_New_Jersey) |Jason Bunn |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |1988 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [London](/source/London) |Ikuo Hyakuta |{{flag|Japan}} |- |1992 |{{flagicon|GER}} [Berlin](/source/Berlin) |Joost van Orten |{{flag|Netherlands}} |- |1996 |{{flagicon|Monaco}} [Monte Carlo](/source/Monte_Carlo) |Christopher Woo |{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/hong-kong-wins-world-monopoly-game-championship-156415975.html|title=Hong Kong Wns World Monopoly Game Championship}} |- |2000 |{{flagicon|CAN}} [Toronto](/source/Toronto) |Yutaka Okada |{{flag|Japan}} |- |2004 |{{flagicon|Japan}} [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) |Antonio Zafra Fernández |{{flag|Spain}}{{Cite web |title=Monopoly Game World Champions |url=http://www.monopolycity.com/ac_monopoly_champions.html |access-date=February 21, 2012 |website=monopolycity.com |publisher=Advanced Systems}} |- |2009 |{{flagicon|USA}} [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas) |Bjørn Halvard Knappskog |{{flag|Norway}}{{Cite news |date=October 23, 2009 |title=Norwegian teen wins Monopoly world championship |agency=AFP |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26249271-23109,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026150949/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C27574%2C26249271-23109%2C00.html |archive-date=October 26, 2009}} |- |2015 |{{flag|Macau}} |Nicolò Falcone |{{flag|Italy}} |} ==Variants== Because ''Monopoly'' evolved in the [public domain](/source/public_domain) before its commercialization, ''Monopoly'' has seen many variant games. The game is licensed in 103 countries and printed in thirty-seven languages.{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions about MONOPOLY |url=http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/monopoly/default.cfm?page=faq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213145613/http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/monopoly/default.cfm?page=faq |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=February 26, 2009}} Most of the variants are exact copies of the ''Monopoly'' games with the street names replaced with locales from a particular town, university, or fictional place. National boards have been released as well. Over the years, many specialty ''Monopoly'' editions, licensed by Parker Brothers/Hasbro, and produced by them, or their licensees (including USAopoly and Winning Moves Games) have been sold to local and national markets worldwide. Two well known "families" of -opoly like games, without licenses from Parker Brothers/Hasbro, have also been produced. Several published games like ''Monopoly'' include: * ''[Anti-Monopoly](/source/Anti-Monopoly)'', one of several games{{Cite web |title=Anti-Monopoly |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1931/anti-monopoly |access-date=August 13, 2013 |publisher=BoardGameGeek, LLC |quote=The "Bust~the~Trust!" Game. The basic idea of the game is to end the monopolistic practices of the three-company-combinations of the gameboard. The players are Trust-Busting lawyers going about the board slapping lawsuits on the monopolies. The winning trust buster is the one who ends with the largest number of social-credit points when one of the players runs out of money.}} that are a sort of ''Monopoly'' backwards.{{Cite news |last=Pilon |first=Mary |date=October 20, 2009 |title=How a Fight Over a Board Game Monopolized an Economist's Life |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125599860004295449}} The name of this game led to legal action between ''Anti-Monopoly''{{'}}s creator, [Ralph Anspach](/source/Ralph_Anspach), and the owners of ''Monopoly''. * ''Business'', a ''Monopoly''-like game not associated with Hasbro. In this version the "properties" to be bought are cities of India; Chance and Community Chest reference lists of results printed in the center of the board, keyed to the dice roll; and money is represented by counters, not paper.[http://www.muurkrant.nl/monopoly/india_uk.htm "Business Delux" on the India page of a "Monopoly Lexicon".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117035702/http://www.muurkrant.nl/monopoly/india_uk.htm |date=January 17, 2013 }} Retrieved October 6, 2012 * ''Dostihy a sázky'', a variant sold in [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia). This game comes from the communist era (1948–1989), when private business was abolished and mortgages did not exist, so the monopoly theme was changed to a horse racing theme.[http://www.deskovehry.com/s-pribehem/32/recenze-dostihy-a-sazky-kone-hazard-penize "Recenze: Dostihy a sázky – koně, hazard, peníze"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621220519/http://www.deskovehry.com/s-pribehem/32/recenze-dostihy-a-sazky-kone-hazard-penize |date=June 21, 2012 }} Retrieved October 6, 2012 * ''[Ghettopoly](/source/Ghettopoly)'', released in 2003, was the subject of considerable outrage upon its release. The game, intended to be a humorous rendering of ghetto life, was decried as racist for its unflinching use of racial stereotypes. Hasbro sought and received an injunction against ''Ghettopoly''{{'s}} designer.{{Cite news |date=October 23, 2003 |title=Hasbro: Do not pass go, Ghettopoly |work=USA Today |agency=AP |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-10-23-ghettopoly_x.htm |access-date=November 4, 2016}}[http://www.rid.uscourts.gov/opinions/magistrate_judges/06072006_1-03cv0482t_mjm_hasbro_v_chang_rr.pdf Decision from] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924001952/http://www.rid.uscourts.gov/opinions/magistrate_judges/06072006_1-03CV0482T_MJM_HASBRO_V_CHANG_RR.pdf |date=September 24, 2006 }} the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, dated May 18, 2006. PDF file. * ''Make Your Own -Opoly'':{{Cite web |title=Make Your Own -Opoly: The first do-it-yourself board game |url=http://www.tdcgames.com/MYO.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221035526/http://www.tdcgames.com/MYO.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2006}} This game allows players considerable freedom in customizing the board, money, and rules. * ''Matador'': The unlicensed Danish version from [BRIO](/source/Brio_(company)) with a round board instead of the square one, cars instead of tokens and includes breweries and ferries to buy. The game also has candy and a popular TV series ''[Matador](/source/Matador_(Danish_TV_series))'' named after it. * ''Turism'',{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2010 |title=Perioada comunista: Turism – Prezentare si poze componente |url=http://www.boardgames-blog.ro/board-games/perioada-comunista-turism-prezentare-si-poze-componente/ |website=Board Games BLOG – jocuri de societate, jocuri pe tabla, review-uri, prezentari, intalniri, sesiuni}} a variant sold in [Romania](/source/Romania). * ''Kleptopoly'', released in 2017. It was inspired by the [1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal](/source/1Malaysia_Development_Berhad_scandal).{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Kleptopoly |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/398225}} * ''Monopoly for Millennials'', released in 2018, where players gain experience by traveling around numerous locations, such as vegan bistros, yoga studios, and music festivals.{{Cite web |last=Madison Roberts |date=November 15, 2018 |title=Hasbro Faces Backlash Over Savage Monopoly for Millennials Board Game: 'Adulting is Hard' |url=https://people.com/home/monopoly-for-millennials-twitter-reactions/amp/ |access-date=November 17, 2018 |website=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |quote=In the game, instead of investing in real estate as you do in the traditional version, players rack up experiences such as travel, meals at vegan restaurants, music festivals, and crashing on their friend's couch.}} Other unlicensed editions include: ''BibleOpoly'', ''HomoNoPolis'' and Petropolis, among others.{{Cite web |date=June 12, 2009 |title=8 Obscure Twists on Monopoly |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/21958/8-obscure-twists-monopoly |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=mentalfloss.com}} ===Games by locale or theme=== There have been a large number of localized editions, broken down here by region: * [List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': Africa and Asia](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_Africa_and_Asia) (including the Middle East and South-East Asia but excluding Russia and Turkey) * [List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': Europe](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_Europe) (including Russia and Turkey) * [List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': North America](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_North_America) (including Central America but excluding the United States of America) * [List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': Oceania](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_Oceania) (Australia and New Zealand) * [List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': South America](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_South_America) * [List of licensed and localized editions of ''Monopoly'': USA](/source/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly%3A_USA) (including the United States of America and all editions based on commercial brands) ===Unauthorized and parody games=== This list is of unauthorized, unlicensed games based on ''Monopoly'': {{Monopoly board detail |Edition = ''Gay Monopoly''{{Cite web |title=BoardGameGeek – Gay Monopoly |url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11862 |access-date=February 27, 2009}} |Copyright_date = 1983 |Released_by = Fire Island Games, Inc. |Issued_through = |corner_1 = |corner_2 = In Jail/Just Visiting |corner_3 = Free Parking |corner_4 = Go To Jail |spaces_horizontal = 9 |spaces_vertical = 9 |Color_101 = SaddleBrown |Space_101 = Mediter-ranean Avenue
$60 |Color_102 = |Space_102 = Community Chest |Color_103 = SaddleBrown |Space_103 = Baltic Avenue
$60 |Color_104 = |Space_104 = Income Tax
(pay $200) |Color_105 = |Space_105 = Reading Railroad
$200 |Color_106 = Aqua |Space_106 = Oriental Avenue
$100 |Color_107 = |Space_107 = Chance |Color_108 = Aqua |Space_108 = Vermont Avenue
$100 |Color_109 = Aqua |Space_109 = Connecticut Avenue
$120 |Color_110 = |Space_110 = |Color_111 = |Space_111 = |Color_112 = |Space_112 = |Color_201 = |Space_201 = |Color_202 = |Space_202 = |Color_203 = |Space_203 = |Color_204 = Purple |Space_204 = St. Charles Place
$140 |Color_205 = |Space_205 = Electric Company
$150 |Color_206 = Purple |Space_206 = States Avenue
$140 |Color_207 = Purple |Space_207 = Virginia Avenue
$160 |Color_208 = |Space_208 = Pennsylvania Railroad
$200 |Color_209 = Orange |Space_209 = St. James Place
$180 |Color_210 = |Space_210 = Community Chest |Color_211 = Orange |Space_211 = Tennessee Avenue
$180 |Color_212 = Orange |Space_212 = New York Avenue
$200 |Color_301 = Red |Space_301 = Kentucky Avenue
$220 |Color_302 = |Space_302 = Chance |Color_303 = Red |Space_303 = Indiana Avenue
$220 |Color_304 = Red |Space_304 = Illinois Avenue
$240 |Color_305 = |Space_305 = B&O Railroad
$200 |Color_306 = Yellow |Space_306 = Atlantic Avenue
$260 |Color_307 = Yellow |Space_307 = Ventnor Avenue
$260 |Color_308 = |Space_308 = Water Works
$150 |Color_309 = Yellow |Space_309 = Marvin Gardens
$280 |Color_310 = |Space_310 = |Color_311 = |Space_311 = |Color_312 = |Space_312 = |Color_401 = Green |Space_401 = Pacific Avenue
$300 |Color_402 = Green |Space_402 = North Carolina Avenue
$300 |Color_403 = |Space_403 = Community Chest |Color_404 = Green |Space_404 = Pennsylvania Avenue
$320 |Color_405 = |Space_405 = Short Line
$200 |Color_406 = |Space_406 = Chance |Color_407 = MediumBlue |Space_407 = Park Place
$350 |Color_408 = |Space_408 = Luxury Tax
(pay $100) |Color_409 = MediumBlue |Space_409 = Boardwalk
$400 |Color_410 = |Space_410 = |Color_411 = |Space_411 = |Color_412 = |Space_412 = |Game_description = ''Gay Monopoly'' – A celebration of gay life. |Tokens = Jeep, teddy bear, blow drier, leather cap, handcuffs, stiletto heel. |Other_features = Board layout is circular rather than square. |Images = }} ''[Ghettopoly](/source/Ghettopoly)'' {{Monopoly board detail |Edition = ''Micropoly – The Microsoft Monopoly Game''{{Cite web |title=Micropoly – The Microsoft Monopoly Game |url=http://www.micropoly.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530144610/http://www.micropoly.com/ |archive-date=May 30, 2008}} |Copyright_date = Open source |Released_by = The Micropoly Project |Issued_through = Download |corner_1 = '''Start'''
Collect $200 salary as you pass |corner_2 = Reinstall Windows/Just Rebooting |corner_3 = Free Software |corner_4 = Corrupted Registry: Goto Reinstall |spaces_horizontal = 9 |spaces_vertical = 9 |Color_101 = SaddleBrown |Space_101 = AETHER-SPHERE
$60 |Color_102 = |Space_102 = Open Sources |Color_103 = SaddleBrown |Space_103 = LUSH CREATIONS
$60 |Color_104 = |Space_104 = Deposition
(pay 10% or $200) |Color_105 = |Space_105 = Internet Service Provider
MINDSPRING
$200 |Color_106 = SkyBlue |Space_106 = MOTOROLA
$100 |Color_107 = |Space_107 = Download |Color_108 = SkyBlue |Space_108 = COMPAQ
$100 |Color_109 = SkyBlue |Space_109 = DELL
$120 |Color_110 = |Space_110 = |Color_111 = |Space_111 = |Color_112 = |Space_112 = |Color_201 = |Space_201 = |Color_202 = |Space_202 = |Color_203 = |Space_203 = |Color_204 = DarkOrchid |Space_204 = NETSCAPE
$140 |Color_205 = |Space_205 = Computer Network
NETWORK SOLUTIONS
$150 |Color_206 = DarkOrchid |Space_206 = ORACLE
$140 |Color_207 = DarkOrchid |Space_207 = ADOBE
$160 |Color_208 = |Space_208 = Internet Service Provider
UUNET
$200 |Color_209 = Orange |Space_209 = NOVELL
$180 |Color_210 = |Space_210 = Open Sources |Color_211 = Orange |Space_211 = CISCO
$180 |Color_212 = Orange |Space_212 = 3COM
$200 |Color_301 = Red |Space_301 = XEROX
$220 |Color_302 = |Space_302 = Download |Color_303 = Red |Space_303 = SGI
$220 |Color_304 = Red |Space_304 = APPLE
$240 |Color_305 = |Space_305 = Internet Service Provider
AOL
$200 |Color_306 = Yellow |Space_306 = REAL NETWORKS
$260 |Color_307 = Yellow |Space_307 = AMAZON
$260 |Color_308 = |Space_308 = Television Network
MSNBC
$150 |Color_309 = Yellow |Space_309 = YAHOO
$280 |Color_310 = |Space_310 = |Color_311 = |Space_311 = |Color_312 = |Space_312 = |Color_401 = Green |Space_401 = HP
$300 |Color_402 = Green |Space_402 = IBM
$300 |Color_403 = |Space_403 = Open Sources |Color_404 = Green |Space_404 = SUN
$320 |Color_405 = |Space_405 = Internet Service Provider
MSN
$200 |Color_406 = |Space_406 = Download |Color_407 = Blue |Space_407 = INTEL
$350 |Color_408 = |Space_408 = Antitrust Ruling
(pay $75) |Color_409 = Blue |Space_409 = MICROSOFT
$400 |Color_410 = |Space_410 = |Color_411 = |Space_411 = |Color_412 = |Space_412 = |Game_description = A parody game based on ''[Anti-Monopoly](/source/Anti-Monopoly)''. |Tokens = |Other_features = Chance is Download, Community Chest is Open Sources and the Railroads are Internet Service Provider(s). |Images = }} ''Middopoly''
''Memeopolis'' (Android app) ===World editions=== {{More citations needed section|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox game | title = ''Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition'' | subtitle = | image_link = | image_caption = The ''Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition'' Game Box | designer = | illustrator = | publisher = [Parker Brothers](/source/Parker_Brothers) | players = 2–6 | setup_time = 5–15 minutes | playing_time = About 1.5 hours | random_chance = High ([dice](/source/dice) rolling, card drawing) | skills = Negotiation, basic resource management | footnotes = | bggid = | bggxrefs = }} In 2008, Hasbro released ''Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition''. This world edition features top locations of the world. The locations were decided by votes over the Internet. The result of the voting was announced on August 20, 2008.{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2008 |title=Montreal top property in new ''Monopoly'' game – CTV.ca. Retrieved 2008/08/20 01:14 pm UTC |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal-top-property-in-new-monopoly-game-1.317810 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406081351/http://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal-top-property-in-new-monopoly-game-1.317810 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 6, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=Ctv.ca}} Out of these, [Gdynia](/source/Gdynia) is especially notable, as it is by far the smallest city of those featured and won the vote as a "wild card" along with Taipei thanks to its residents and supporters.{{cite web |date=August 20, 2008 |website=trojmiasto.pl |url=https://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/Gdynia-na-planszy-Monopoly-n29288.html |title=Gdynia na planszy Monopoly! |trans-title=Gdynia on the Monopoly board! |language=pl |access-date=August 9, 2022}} It is also notable that three cities (Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver) are from Canada and three other cities (Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai) are from the People's Republic of China. No other countries are represented by more than one city.{{cite news |title=Canada and Latvia cheer as Monopoly goes global |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-monopoly-idUSN8K37824420080820 |date=August 20, 2008 |work=Reuters |access-date=August 8, 2022}} Of the 68 cities listed on Hasbro Inc.'s website for the vote, [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) was chosen as one of the 20 cities to be featured in the newest ''Monopoly'' World Edition.{{Cite web|title=Monopoly contest stirs up Jerusalem conflict|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23281286|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=NBC News|date=February 21, 2008 |language=en}} Before the vote took place, a Hasbro employee in the London office eliminated the country signifier "Israel" after the city, in response to pressure from pro-[Palestinian](/source/Palestinian_people) [advocacy group](/source/advocacy_group)s.{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2008 |title=From Hasbro, regarding removal of Israel from World Monopoly vote |url=http://jergames.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-hasbro-regarding-removal-of-israel.html}} After the Israeli government protested, Hasbro Inc. issued a statement that read: "It was a bad decision, one that we rectified relatively quickly. This is a game. We never wanted to enter into any political debate. We apologize to our ''Monopoly'' fans." {{Clear}} {{hidden | style = border:1px solid silver; width: 100%; | headerstyle = background: lightblue; font-size: 110%; | contentstyle = text-align: center; | header = ''Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition'' (2008) | content = {{Monopoly board layout |Edition = |Banner = MONOPOLY
Here and Now:
The World Edition |corner_1 = Collect M2M salary as you pass
'''GO''' |corner_2 = In Jail/Just Visiting |corner_3 = Free Parking |corner_4 = Go To Jail |spaces_horizontal = 9 |spaces_vertical = 9 |Color_101 = SaddleBrown |Space_101 = [Gdynia](/source/Gdynia)
M600K |Color_102 = |Space_102 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_103 = SaddleBrown |Space_103 = [Taipei](/source/Taipei)
M600K |Color_104 = |Space_104 = [Income tax](/source/Income_tax)
pay M2M |Color_105 = |Space_105 = [''Monopoly'' Rail](/source/Rail_transport)
M2M |Color_106 = SkyBlue |Space_106 = [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo)
M1M |Color_107 = |Space_107 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
?
|Color_108 = SkyBlue |Space_108 = [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona)
M1M |Color_109 = SkyBlue |Space_109 = [Athens](/source/Athens)
M1.2M |Color_110 = |Space_110 = |Color_111 = |Space_111 = |Color_112 = |Space_112 = |Color_201 = |Space_201 = |Color_202 = |Space_202 = |Color_203 = |Space_203 = |Color_204 = #ff0080 |Space_204 = [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul)
M1.4M |Color_205 = |Space_205 = [Solar energy](/source/Solar_energy)
M1.5M |Color_206 = #ff0080 |Space_206 = [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv)
M1.4M |Color_207 = #ff0080 |Space_207 = [Toronto](/source/Toronto)
M1.6M |Color_208 = |Space_208 = [''Monopoly'' Air](/source/Air_travel)
M2M |Color_209 = Orange |Space_209 = [Rome](/source/Rome)
M1.8M |Color_210 = |Space_210 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_211 = Orange |Space_211 = [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai)
M1.8M |Color_212 = Orange |Space_212 = [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver)
M2M |Color_301 = Red |Space_301 = [Sydney](/source/Sydney)
M2.2M |Color_302 = |Space_302 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
?
|Color_303 = Red |Space_303 = [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
M2.2M |Color_304 = Red |Space_304 = [London](/source/London)
M2.4M |Color_305 = |Space_305 = [''Monopoly'' Cruise](/source/Cruise_ship)
M2M |Color_306 = Yellow |Space_306 = [Beijing](/source/Beijing)
M2.6M |Color_307 = Yellow |Space_307 = [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong)
M2.6M |Color_308 = |Space_308 = [Wind Energy](/source/Wind_power)
M1.5M |Color_309 = Yellow |Space_309 = [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem)
M2.8M |Color_310 = |Space_310 = |Color_311 = |Space_311 = |Color_312 = |Space_312 = |Color_401 = Green |Space_401 = [Paris](/source/Paris)
M3M |Color_402 = Green |Space_402 = [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade)
M3M |Color_403 = |Space_403 = [Community Chest](/source/Community_Chest_cards) |Color_404 = Green |Space_404 = [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town)
M3.2M |Color_405 = |Space_405 = [''Monopoly'' Space](/source/Spaceflight)
M2M |Color_406 = |Space_406 = [Chance](/source/Chance_cards)
?
|Color_407 = Blue |Space_407 = [Riga](/source/Riga)
M3.5M |Color_408 = |Space_408 = Super Tax
pay M1M |Color_409 = Blue |Space_409 = [Montreal](/source/Montreal)
M4M |Color_410 = |Space_410 = |Color_411 = |Space_411 = |Color_412 = |Space_412 = }} }} A similar online vote was held in early 2015 for an updated version of the game. The resulting board was released worldwide in late 2015. Lima, Peru, won the vote to hold the Boardwalk space.{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150319005048/en/Worldwide-Fan-Vote-Determines-New-Properties-in-MONOPOLY-HERE-NOW-Games |title=Worldwide Fan Vote Determines New Properties in Monopoly Here & Now Games |work=Business Wire |date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2025}} ===Deluxe editions=== Hasbro sells a ''Deluxe Edition'', which is mostly identical to the classic edition but has wooden houses and hotels and gold-toned tokens, including one token in addition to the standard eleven, a railroad [locomotive](/source/locomotive). Other additions to the ''Deluxe Edition'' include a card carousel, which holds the title deed cards, and money printed with two colors of ink.{{Cite web |title=Monopoly – Deluxe Edition |url=http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=8EE06EFB-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4:en_US |access-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414045833/http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=8EE06EFB-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4:en_US }} In 1978, retailer [Neiman Marcus](/source/Neiman_Marcus) manufactured and sold an all-chocolate edition of ''Monopoly'' through its [''Christmas Wish Book''](/source/Neiman_Marcus) for that year. The entire set was edible, including the money, dice, hotels, properties, tokens and playing board. The set retailed for $600.{{Cite book |last=Orbanes, Philip |url=https://archive.org/details/monopolycompanio0000orba/page/20 |title=The Monopoly Companion |publisher=Bob Adams, Inc. |year=1988 |isbn=1-55850-950-X |edition=First |page=[https://archive.org/details/monopolycompanio0000orba/page/20 20] |author-link=Philip Orbanes}} In 2000, the [FAO Schwarz](/source/FAO_Schwarz) store in New York City sold a custom version called ''One-Of-A-Kind Monopoly'' for $100,000.[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Sept_19/ai_65295755/pg_3 Archived article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115102011/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Sept_19/ai_65295755/pg_3 |date=January 15, 2005 }} from ''Business Wire'', stored at Findarticles.com. Retrieved January 1, 2006. This special edition comes in a locking [attaché case](/source/briefcase) made with Napolino leather and lined in suede, and features include: * 18-[carat](/source/carat_(purity)) (75%) gold tokens, houses, and hotels * [Rosewood](/source/Rosewood) board * Street names written in [gold leaf](/source/gold_leaf) * [Emerald](/source/Emerald)s around the Chance icon * [Sapphire](/source/Sapphire)s around the Community Chest * [Rubies](/source/Rubies) in the brake lights of the car on the Free Parking Space * The money is real, negotiable [United States currency](/source/United_States_currency) The ''[Guinness Book of World Records](/source/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records)'' states that a set worth $2,000,000 and made of 23-carat gold, with rubies and sapphires atop the chimneys of the houses and hotels, is the most expensive ''Monopoly'' set ever produced.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=43436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209000057/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=43436 |title=Most Expensive ''Monopoly'' Set world record.|archive-date=February 9, 2015}} This set was designed by artist [Sidney Mobell](/source/Sidney_Mobell) to honor the game's 50th anniversary in 1985, and is now in the Smithsonian Institution.{{Cite news |last=Stromberg |first=Joseph |title=The Jeweled Art of Sidney Mobell |language=en |work=Smithsonian |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-jeweled-art-of-sidney-mobell-86945772/ |access-date=December 7, 2017}} ==Reception== Despite the game's legacy and forming a prominent aspect of modern culture, contemporary reviews of ''Monopoly'' are largely negative. On [BoardGameGeek](/source/BoardGameGeek), the game is ranked in the bottom ten board games, with a mean rating of 4.4/10.{{Cite web|title=Monopoly|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=BoardGameGeek|language=en-US}} ''[Wired](/source/Wired_magazine)'' magazine believes ''Monopoly'' is a poorly designed game. Former Wall Streeter Derk Solko explains, "''Monopoly'' has you grinding your opponents into dust. It's a very negative experience. It's all about cackling when your opponent lands on your space and you get to take all their money." ''Wired'' further observed that most of the three to four-hour average playing time is spent waiting for other players to play their turn, and there is usually little to no choice involved. "Board game enthusiasts disparagingly call this a 'roll your dice, move your mice' format."{{Cite magazine |last=Curry |first=Andrew |date=January 4, 2009 |title=Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/03/mf-settlers|magazine=Wired |access-date=March 29, 2026}} [FiveThirtyEight](/source/FiveThirtyEight) also stated that the game suffers from issues of elimination and a runaway leader, problems that "most game designers nowadays try to avoid". [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) also describes Monopoly as "a collection of terrible design choices" combined with "an array of house rules that serve only to make the experience ever more interminable".{{Cite web|date=October 2, 2015|title=Are these the 10 worst board games of all time?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/02/are-these-the-10-worst-board-games-of-all-time|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}} ''[Games](/source/Games_(magazine))'' magazine included ''Monopoly'' in their "Top 100 Games of 1980", praising it as "the original landlord game in which players buy, sell, and rent Atlantic City real estate at pre-casino prices" and noting that at the time it was "so popular that Parker Brothers prints more paper money each year than the U.S Government".{{cite magazine | date=November–December 1980 |title=Top 100 Games of 1980 | magazine=[Games](/source/Games_(magazine)) | issue=20 | page=53 }} It was again included in their "Top 100 Games of 1981", noting that despite having been "Initially rejected by both Parker and Milton Bradley as containing 'fundamental errors' that the public would not accept", it became "one of the most popular games in the world, and deservedly so",{{cite magazine | date=November–December 1981 |title=Top 100 Games of 1981 | magazine=[Games](/source/Games_(magazine)) | issue=26 | page=52 }} and again in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", commenting that "The orange monopoly is the best [...] Try counting how many times you land on it as you leave jail."{{cite magazine|editor-last= Schmittberger|editor-first= R. Wayne | date=November 1982 |title=The Top 100 Games 1982|magazine=[Games](/source/Games_(magazine))| issue=33|page=44}} ==Reviews== *''Family Games: The 100 Best''{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/familygames100be0000unse/page/230/mode/2up | isbn=978-1-934547-21-2 | title=Family games: The 100 best | date=January 4, 2024 | last1=Lowder | first1=James | publisher=Green Ronin }} ==Figurative language== Monopoly's popularity has led to it spawning a number of English turns of phrase. These include: * [Mr. Monopoly](/source/Mr._Monopoly), the game's mascot character * [''Monopoly'' money](/source/Monopoly_money), a derisive term to refer to money not really worth anything, or at least not being used as if it is worth anything. It could also allude to colorful currency notes used in some countries, such as [Canada](/source/Canadian_dollar).{{Cite web |date=August 18, 2011 |title=Canadian Money – How to Understand & Identify our Monopoly Bills |url=https://ibackpackcanada.com/canadian-money-how-to-understand-identify-our-monopoly-bills/ |access-date=May 22, 2021 |website=I Backpack Canada}} * ''Get Out of Jail Free'' card, a popular metaphor for something that will get one out of an undesired situation without any repercussions.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=L. David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGuQFJ8KnWcC&pg=PA174 |title=Metaphor |publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) |year=2016 |isbn=9781107022546 |page=174}} In 1567, the prize in Britain's first lottery, commissioned by [Queen Elizabeth I](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_I) and [Sir Francis Drake](/source/Sir_Francis_Drake) to raise funds for England's navy, included a kind of "get out of jail free card" which offered a weeklong amnesty for criminals traveling for the purpose of buying a ticket, though in at least one case this protection was ignored.{{cite book |last=Hicks |first=Gary |url=https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/it-could-be-ye-englands-first-lottery/ |title=It Could Be Ye: England’s first lottery |publisher=[The History Press](/source/The_History_Press) |year=2017 |isbn= |page=}} In [1967](/source/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives%2C_1960s), one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives at the time, [James Robert Ringrose](/source/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives%2C_1960s), presented a Get Out of Jail Free card to FBI agents after he was arrested.Dary Matera (2003) ''FBI's Ten Most Wanted'' (NY: [Harper Torch](/source/Harper_(publisher))) page 43. In the [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) case ''[Hudson v. Michigan](/source/Hudson_v._Michigan)'' (2006), the Court ruled that use of evidence against a defendant obtained through search warrants if the police failed to [knock-and-announce](/source/knock-and-announce) does not violate the [Fourth Amendment](/source/Fourth_Amendment_of_the_United_States_Constitution) of the [United States Constitution](/source/United_States_Constitution). The majority opinion by [Justice Scalia](/source/Antonin_Scalia) notes that suppressing evidence in such instances would amount "in many cases to a get-out-of-jail-free card."[https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-1360.ZO.html ''Hudson v. Michigan'' (2006) 546 U.S. 586 at 595, 126 S.Ct. 2159 at 2166, 165 L.Ed.2d 56 at 67] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001430/https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-1360.ZO.html|date=2017-09-21}} The [Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York](/source/Patrolmen's_Benevolent_Association_of_the_City_of_New_York), a large NYPD union, gives out cards to officers to distribute to friends and family, giving them preferential treatment for minor offenses. The cards are commonly referred to as "get out of jail free" cards, and are sometimes sold on [eBay](/source/eBay).{{cite news |last1=Kilgannon |first1=Corey |date=11 January 2006 |title=A Perk for Friends of the Police, Now on eBay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/nyregion/a-perk-for-friends-of-the-police-now-on-ebay.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131015425/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/nyregion/a-perk-for-friends-of-the-police-now-on-ebay.html |archive-date=2018-01-31 |access-date=2018-01-30 |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}{{cite news |last1=Balsamini |first1=Dean |date=21 January 2018 |title=Police union slashes number of 'get out of jail free cards' issued |url=https://nypost.com/2018/01/21/police-union-slashes-number-of-get-out-of-jail-free-cards-issued/ |newspaper=[New York Post](/source/New_York_Post)}} * "Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200" is a phrase used in ''Monopoly'' that has become widely used in popular culture to describe an action forced upon a person that has only negative results.{{Cite book |last=Calvin A. Colarusso |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldMAqxhKB4gC&pg=PA88 |title=Child and Adult Development: A Psychoanalytic Introduction for Clinicians |publisher=Springer |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-306-44285-8 |page=88 |access-date=June 25, 2013}}{{Cite book |last=Steve Bucci |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2Xx4mUB5RQC&pg=PT179 |title=Credit Repair Kit For Dummies |date=2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-27673-0 |page=179 |access-date=June 25, 2013}} The phrase comes from the game's Chance and Community Chest cards, which a player must draw from if they land on specific spaces. Each deck has a card that reads "GO TO JAIL: Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200."{{Cite book |last1=John Sommers-Flanagan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMclh6zR3LEC&pg=PA361 |title=Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice: Skills, Strategies, and Techniques |last2=Rita Sommers-Flanagan |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-118-28904-4 |page=361 |access-date=June 25, 2013}} Early in the game, going to Jail usually hurts a player as it prevents them from moving, which regularly leads to earning $200 from passing Go, and from landing on and buying property, though in the later game, jail prevents them from landing on others' developed property and having to pay rent. The cited phrase, "Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200", distinguishes the effect from other cards that move players; other cards use the phrasing "Advance to [a particular location]", which does allow the player to collect $200 if they pass Go during the advance. The phrase is used in popular culture to denote a situation in which there is only one immediate, highly unfavorable, irreversible outcome and has been described as a "harsh cliché".{{Cite book |last=Ferdi Serim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LjehHsQt0cEC&pg=PT138 |title=Digital Learning: Strengthening and Assessing 21st Century Skills, Grades 5-8 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-118-13107-7 |page=138 |access-date=June 25, 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Linda |date=June 10, 2013 |title=Harmony now the name of the game |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/harmony-now-name-of-the-game-20130609-2nxy8.html |access-date=June 25, 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Lounder |first=Andrew |date=May 7, 2013 |title=The Academic Graveyard Shift: IRS Provides Guidance on Identifying Institutional Peers |url=http://higheredwatch.newamerica.net/blogposts/2013/the_academic_graveyard_shift_irs_provides_guidance_on_identifying_institutional_peers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913054902/http://higheredwatch.newamerica.net/blogposts/2013/the_academic_graveyard_shift_irs_provides_guidance_on_identifying_institutional_peers |archive-date=September 13, 2013 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |publisher=[New America Foundation](/source/New_America_Foundation)}} == See also == * [The Game of Life](/source/The_Game_of_Life) ==Notes== {{notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} == Bibliography == * {{Cite news |date=January 2, 2012 |title=Monopoly World Champion |publisher=BBC |url=https://git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/automation/smu/docs/-/issues/345 |access-date=January 3, 2012 |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619080804/https://git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/automation/smu/docs/-/issues/345 }} * {{Cite book |last=Brady |first=Maxine |url=https://archive.org/details/monopolybookstra00brad |title=The Monopoly Book: Strategy and Tactics of the World's Most Popular Game |publisher=D. McKay Co. |year=1974 |isbn=0-679-20292-7 |edition=First}} * {{Cite book |last=Darzinskis |first=Kaz |title=Winning Monopoly: A Complete Guide to Property Accumulation, Cash-Flow Strategy, and Negotiating Techniques When Playing the Best-Selling Board Game |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1987 |isbn=0-06-096127-9 |edition=First |location=New York}} * {{Cite magazine |last=Doll |first=Jen |date=February 5, 2015 |title=An Anti-Capitalist Woman Invented Monopoly and a Man Got All the Credit |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/120933/mary-pilons-monopolists-review |magazine=The New Republic}} * {{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Tim |title=Do Not Pass Go |publisher=Vintage Books |year=2004 |isbn=0-09-943386-9 |author-link=Tim Moore (writer)}} * {{Cite book |last=Pilon |first=Mary |title=The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2015 |ref=none}} * {{Cite magazine |last1=R. Ash |last2=R. Bishop |date=1972 |title=Monopoly as a Markov Process |magazine=[Mathematics Magazine](/source/Mathematics_Magazine) |volume=45 |pages=26–29}} * Reader's Digest: The truth about history (2003) article "Monopoly on ideas". * {{Cite magazine |last1=S. Abbott |last2=M. Richey |date=May 1997 |title=Take a Walk on the Boardwalk |magazine=[College Mathematics Journal](/source/College_Mathematics_Journal) |volume=10 |pages=162–171 |number=3}} == External links == {{Wikibooks|Monopoly|Strategy}} {{Wikibooks|Monopoly|Official Rules}} {{Commons category}} * {{official website}} * {{Cite web|title=Monopoly For Sore Losers Board Game Instructions - Hasbro|url=https://instructions.hasbro.com/en-us/instructions/Monopoly-For-Sore-Losers-Board-Game-for-Ages-8-and-Up|access-date=September 5, 2021|website=instructions.hasbro.com|archive-date=September 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905074328/https://instructions.hasbro.com/en-us/instructions/Monopoly-For-Sore-Losers-Board-Game-for-Ages-8-and-Up}} * [http://kasoft.freeyellow.com/Central/PlayK/Monopoly/Database/index.html Database of street names in local editions] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141009025906/http://monopolynerd.com/ Monopoly Nerd Blog]}} The strategies, tactics, and math behind ''Monopoly''. * [http://monopolytournaments.com/ ''Monopoly'' Tournaments.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121110225012/http://pandora.dyndns.biz/monopoly/simulator.html Online ''Monopoly'' Simulator] interactive, customizable real-world ''Monopoly'' simulator and estimated win percentage generator. * [http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/02/monopoly-versions.html Over 1700 ''Monopoly'' versions, updated continuously (some unofficial)] * {{US patent|2026082}} Patent awarded to C. B. Darrow for ''Monopoly'' on December 31, 1935 * [http://www.scoutingny.com/what-the-monopoly-properties-look-like-in-real-life/ What The ''Monopoly'' Properties Look Like In Real Life « Scouting NY] (September 23, 2013) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190107171311/http://worldofmonopoly.com/ worldofmonopoly.com] ''Monopoly'' history, properties around the world and various editions. {{Monopoly}} {{Hasbro}} {{Authority control}} Category:Monopoly (game) Category:American board games Category:American inventions Category:American brands Category:Atlantic City, New Jersey Category:Board games introduced in 1935 Category:Economic simulation board games Category:Hasbro products Category:Game.com games Category:Multiplayer games Category:Roll-and-move board games Category:Tabletop games Category:Virtual economies --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Monopoly (game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)?action=history)). 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