In 1990, Merv Griffin Enterprises turned Monopoly into a prime time game show, airing after Super Jeopardy! on Saturday nights on ABC during that summer. The program was hosted by Mike Reilly and announced by Charlie O'Donnell. Kenner was combined with Parker Brothers and spun off as Kenner Parker Toys in 1985. Regular and Deluxe 50th Anniversary editions of Monopoly were released that same year. [129] The spinoff game Advance to Boardwalk was first published in 1985. Kenner Parker was acquired by Tonka in 1987. The 1987/1988 Monopoly Tournaments were held under Kenner Parker Tonka management.

After the Thuns learned the game, they began teaching its rules to their fraternity brothers at Williams College around 1926. [28] Daniel W. Layman, in turn, learned the game from the Thun brothers (who later tried to sell copies of the game commercially, but were advised by an attorney that the game could not be patented, as they were not its inventors). [28] [38] Layman later returned to his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, and began playing the game with friends there, ultimately producing hand-made versions of the board based on streets of that city. [30] Layman then commercially produced and sold the game, starting in 1932, with a friend in Indianapolis, who owned a company called Electronic Laboratories. [39] This game was sold under the name The Fascinating Game of Finance (later shortened to Finance). [40] Layman soon sold his rights to the game, which was then licensed, produced and marketed by Knapp Electric. [41] The published board featured four railroads (one per side), Chance and Community Chest cards and spaces, and properties grouped by symbol, rather than color. [42] [43] [44] Also in 1932, one edition of The Landlord's Game was published by the Adgame Company with a new set of rules called Prosperity, also by Magie. [45] Monopoly Rules" (PDF). Hasbro.com. Hasbro. 2007. pp.1–2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2009 . Retrieved November 2, 2016. a b "Hasbro aims to jazz up Monopoly with new token". CBS News.com. CBS News. AP. January 10, 2013 . Retrieved November 2, 2016. Horton, J. Matthew. "Monopoly History – How old is my Monopoly game?". Monopoly History. worldofmonopoly.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012 . Retrieved February 21, 2012.Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story". www.monopolydocumentary.com . Retrieved December 29, 2022. 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. 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). [125] a b c "Victor Watson, businessman - obituary". telegraph.co.uk. March 8, 2015. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022 . Retrieved September 2, 2018.

Besides the many variants of the actual game (and the Monopoly Junior spin-off) released in either video game or computer game formats (e.g., Commodore 64, Macintosh, Windows-based PC, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Entertainment System, iPad, Genesis, Super NES, etc.), two spin-off computer games have been created. [142] An electronic hand-held version was marketed from 1997 to 2001. [143] In 1998, Winning Moves procured the Monopoly license from Hasbro and created new UK city and regional editions [56] with sponsored squares. Initially, in December 1998, the game was sold in just a few 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 annually. Besides demonstrating the dangers of land rents and monopolies, Lizzie Magie also intended this game for children to learn how to add and subtract through the usage of paper money. However, now with the new innovations of credit cards implemented in these games, many consumers are worried that this purpose of the game is ruined. [85] Tokens [ edit ] Classic [ edit ]

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Darzinskis, Kaz (1987). Winning Monopoly: A Complete Guide to Property Accumulation, Cash-Flow Strategy, and Negotiating Techniques When Playing the Best-Selling Board Game (Firsted.). New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-096127-9. Asmelash, Leah (September 10, 2019). "In the new game of Monopoly, women make more than men". CNN . Retrieved November 15, 2019.