Parker Brothers Sells the Game "Monopoly"..1931

Monopoly

The Monopoly Logo
Designer(s)	Elizabeth Magie Louis & Fred Thun[1] Charles Darrow
Publisher(s)	Hasbro Parker Brothers Waddingtons
Players	Some Versions 2–6 Other Versions 2-8
Setup time	5–10 minutes
Playing time	60–180 minutes (1–3 hours) [average]
Random chance	High (dice rolling, card drawing)
Skill(s) required	Negotiation, Resource management

I have seen and played only the UK version. It was a popular game during my school days. I do not see it these days, but I have seen an Indian version of Monopoly.World Champion are regularly played and a list of World champions are appended.

Date	Location	Winner	Nationality
1973	New York City	Lee Bayrd	USA
1975	Washington D.C.	John Mair	Ireland
1977	Monte Carlo	Cheng Seng Kwa	Singapore
1980	Bermuda	Cesare Bernabei	Italy
1983	Palm Beach, FL	Greg Jacobs	New Zealand
1985	Atlantic City, NJ	Jason Bunn	United Kingdom
1988	London	Ikuo Hyakuta	Japan
1992	Berlin	Joost van Orten	Netherlands
1995	Monte Carlo	Christopher Woo	Hong Kong
2000	Toronto	Yutaka Okada	Japan
2004	Tokyo	Antonio Fernandez	Spain
2009	Las Vegas	Bjørn Halvard Knappskog	Norway

 

Norwegian named Monopoly champion

Mr Knappskog said he would spend his winnings on a helicopter ride A 19-year-old Norwegian is $20,580 (£12,200) richer - in real money - after sweeping the board at the World Monopoly Championships in Las Vegas. Bjorn Halvard Knappskog, playing with the iron, beat rivals from 41 countries to take the prize money - equal to a game's bank reserves. It took him just over 40 minutes to beat the battleship brandished by Geoff Christopher of New Zealand. He said he was "the most surprised you could ever be" after his victory. "I think this was a really good final. It was the best game I played in the whole tournament," Mr Knappskog told the Associated Press in the ballroom of the Caesar's Palace hotel. The players, using the Atlantic City version of the game, were all champions in their home countries. Translators were on hand to help the competitors stick to the rules and negotiate property deals. Additional rules and an extra "speed dice" meant the game was over rather more quickly than the average contest.