Monopoly was Invented in 1931 by Charles Darrow. (disputed)
Based on probability, the most commonly landed on Monopoly square (not counting Jail) is Trafalgar Square. It's followed by Go, Vine Street, Fenchurch Street, King's Cross and Marlborough Street.
The original version of Monopoly® was based on Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Auction Monopoly was a forerunner to the present game originating in 1904 and invented by Elizabeth Maggie Phillips.
Each contestant starts a game of Monopoly with £1,500.
Monopoly® is licensed in 80 countries and published in 26 different languages.
Over 200 Million Monopoly sets have been sold worldwide.
Parker Brothers took over Monopoly in 1935.
The Old Kent Road is the only property in the British version which is south of the river Thames.
The game of Monopoly is published by Parker Brothers a subsidiary of Hasbro games.
The old moustachioed man with a walking cane dressed in morning dress is known as Mr. Monopoly or Rich Uncle Pennybags.
The game was believed to be based on another game called 'The Landlords Game' (which was also known as Auction Monopoly) designed by Quaker Elizabeth Magie.
In 1941 the British secret service commisioned John Waddington Ltd. to produce special versions of the game for prisoners of war which included real money, maps, compasses and other useful aids to escape.
Charles Darrow although credited with the invention of Monopoly marketed the game himself from an idea his friends had originally had.
Monopoly is the highest selling board game of all time.
Longest Game Ever Played---1,680 hours (70 days)
In a treehouse---240 hours (10 days)
In a moving elevator---384 hours (16 days)
Underground---100 hours (4 days 4 hours)
In a bathtub---99 hours (4 days 3 hours)
On a balance beam---200 hours (8 days 8 hours)
Underwater---1,200 hours (50 days)
On the back of a fire truck---101 hours (4 days 5 hours)
Anti-gravitational game---36 hours
Largest outdoor game---938 x 765 feet
Largest indoor game---122 x 122 feet
Smallest game---1 square inch. for 30 hrs.
Monopoly - unquestionably has a clouded history and derivation. It's unclear whether Charles Darrow actually invented the game or was merely the first person to market it and make large sums of money out of it. There's no doubt that these property trading board games were prevalent around this era in the States with many different titles and versions of which darrow's is undoubtedly the one that survives with it's legend in tact today.
Darrow was known to be interested in toys and games and is said to have personally carved the houses and hotels for monopoly out of scraps of wood from a lumber yard. He is also said to have used charms from his wife's bracelet to act as the counters used in the game.
What is certain however is the fact that Parker Brothers originally rejected Darrow's game and didn't renew an interest in it until Darrow himself had personally marketed 5,000 sets which he sold at $2.50 each.
After contracts were finally written up between Parker Brothers and Darrow, the company settled a few lawsuits against them which were brought about by people laying claim to have invented the game themselves.
In January 1936 the head of Parker Brothers went on record as saying 'it became the hottest fad the game field has ever known'.