Monopoly (game)

Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. Players compete to acquire wealth through stylised economic activity involving the purchase, rental and trading of real estate using play money, as players take turns moving around the board according to the roll of the dice. The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly, the domination of a market by a single seller.

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Board game - Economic - Real estate - Money - Dice - Game - Monopoly

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According to Hasbro, since Charles Darrow patented the game in 1935, more than 500 million people have played the game, making it the most played board game in the world. http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/pl/page.funfacts/dn/default.cfm The company Guinness World Records gives a similar number of 500 million until 1999 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=52882.

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Hasbro - Charles Darrow - 1935 - Guinness World Records - 1999

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