Racing to the most expensive streets as fast as you could so you could build your houses and hotels there first. Quickly passing over GO for some extra pocket money and hoping that everyone will land on your street. You have probably played the famous monopoly game for hours with friends or family. But did you know that there are many different kinds of Monopoly? Or in how many languages Monopoly was published? Read on and find out!
1935 is the year in which the Monopoly board game was published by the Parker brothers. It has been the best-sold board game in the world ever since.
1.800 Monopoly board games are owned by a Brit who may call himself the world’s largest Monopoly collector. His collection is nowhere near complete since there are more than 2,000 different versions of Monopoly.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
8.400 euro was the price that a collector paid for a ‘Darrow White Box Monopoly Edition’. The seller of this game had bought it at a flea market for 9 euro.
2.000.000 euro was the price of the most expensive Monopoly game. The game is made of gold and diamonds.
Source: www.alux.com
7.500 copies were made of the Black Box Monopoly edition. This version never got into circulation and is highly sought after by collectors.
275.000.000 Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide.
90.000 pound was paid in an auction for the oldest Monopoly game. Hand-painted by its founder in 1933. The board was still around then.
Source: http:worldofmonopoly.com
43 is the number of languages that Monopoly was published, in more than 100 countries.
440 square meters is the size of the largest Monopoly board in the world. This board was made on the occasion of the 70 year anniversary of the game.
70 days was the length of the longest game of Monopoly in the world.
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