Monopoly Turns 75 years + Giveaway to Celebrate

It’s amazing to see how far Monopoly games have come, but…Did you know?

More than 275 million games have been sold worldwide and it’s available in 111 countries, in 43 languages.

The longest MONOPOLY game in history lasted for 70 straight days.

The most expensive version of the game was produced by celebrated San Francisco jeweler Sidney Mobell. Valued at $2 million, the set features a 23-carat gold board and diamond-studded dice.

Many specialized editions of the classic game have been produced featuring your favorite sports teams, brands, television shows, cartoons and more.

The character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.

Children play MONOPOLY all over the world, but where they live may determine what they call the highest rent property on the game board. In the U.S., it is named “Boardwalk” after a street in Atlantic City. In Spain, it is named “Paseo del Prado” after a street in Barcelona and in France, “Rue de la Paix” is the name of the most coveted property space.

Escape maps, compasses and files were inserted into MONOPOLY game boards smuggled into POW camps inside Germany during World War II. Real money for escapees was slipped into the packs of MONOPOLY money.

Every few years, national champions from around the globe meet for the MONOPOLY World Championship tournament. World Champions have hailed from 10 different countries, including: United States, Ireland, Singapore, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan and Spain.

Read more on the History of Monopoly at Official Website

Even more amazing isn’t it? I never knew that about Monopoly. It’s really interesting to read- especially about the escape maps, compasses and files inserted into the games and smuggled into POW camps…that was pretty cool. I got chills when I read it too. My love for this game has now grown stronger!

In Celebration of Monopoly’s Birthday; Blogfully and Hasbro would like to give two readers a chance to get there hand on a Monopoly Property Trading Game for their own family game nights.

The Prize:

• 2 winners will receive a Monopoly Property Trading Game (valued at $14.99)

To Enter:

• Leave a comment telling me why you’d like to win (must be subscribed to Blogfully)

Extra Entries:    leave a comment for each task completed

• Follow Blogfully on Twitter
• Enter the “Monopoly Money Makes It Real” Sweepstakes on Facebook for your chance to win real monopoly money – how’s that for an extra entry?
• ‘Like’ Family Game Night on Facebook
• Put my button on your blog (code on left side bar)
• Mention this giveaway on your blog linking back here (in the comments; leave a link to the exact page where this giveaway is mentioned)
• Retweet this giveaway using the ‘retweet’ tab at the top of this post
• Share this giveaway using the ‘share this’ tab at the bottom of this post
• Add Blogfully to your blog roll

The Fine Print:

• This Giveaway Ends on 8/15/2010 @ 11:59pm CST
• There will be two (2) winners drawn at random using random.org (from all qualifying entries)
• Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prize or it is forfeited
• Sorry folks; This Giveaway is Opened to U.S. Residents Only

Thanks for entering and good luck!!!

Disclosure: I was not sent a game nor was I given any monetary compensation for participating in this giveaway. I did, however, request to take part in this campaign because I love ‘family game night’ and because I thought you guys might enjoy a giveaway like this. Thank you.

This post was written by

barb – who has written 1177 posts on Blogfully.

Barb is wife to a taxidermist and mother to three outrageously rambunctious kids (ages 8, 10 & 18). She's a stay at home mom by choice and a blogger by surprise. She's your typical fun loving, happy-go-lucky gal...but probably the most hyperly enthusiastic one you'll ever meet...She loves to write and has so much fun connecting with everyone!

Send an Email