Monopoly

The Parker Brothers Real Estate Trading Game

• Monopoly is the best selling, most popular game today, and was first produced in America.
• Monopoly was invented by Charles B Darrow and was accepted by the Parker Brothers in 1935, 31 August.
• At first, the Parker Brothers didn’t accept the game of Monopoly, because it took too long to play and was too complicated.
• According to a computer probability analysis, the square that is most landed on in Monopoly is ‘Trafalgar Square’, and the square ‘Go!’ is second most likely.
• There are more than 2000 versions of Monopoly, the original being the classic American game, and the classic British game produced soon after.

• The world’s most expensive Monopoly game set is worth 2 million Australian dollars.
• Monopoly has been sold in 111 different countries and in 43 languages.
• The longest Monopoly game took 70 days to complete.
• Monopoly was used by the British Secret Service in World War II for smuggling purposes.
• In 1978, an entirely edible edition made of chocolate was made and sold, and retailed for $600.

Bibliography:
About Monopoly 2012, Hasbro Gaming, <http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_AU/discover/about.cfm>

Harrison, I 2004, The Book of Inventions, Cassell Illustrated, Great Britian