MONOPOLY® Tournament Fundraising

Design your MONOPOLY® fundraising tournament to "fit" your organization and potential supporters.  Most organization charge an admission fee for individuals and/or teams. Don't forget the possibility of business supporters who can sponsor specific spaces on the board.  Most fundraising tournaments are conducted on a set time limit basis.  If you want to really do it right, contact the National MONOPOLY® Tournament Director at Hasbro

MONOPOLY® Trivia: The longest MONOPOLY® game ever played was 1,680 hours - that's 70 straight days; longest game in a bathtub - 99 hours; longest game underwater - 45 days; and longest game played upside-d/own - 36 hours.  The largest outdoor game ever played used a game board 938 feet wide by 765 feet long. The game required approximately a full city block!  The largest indoor game ever played used a game board 122 feet by 122 feet in size. Parker Brothers prints about 50 billion dollars worth of MONOPOLY® money in one year. The total MONOPOLY® money in a standard set is $15,140.  Values on the MONOPOLY® game board are the same today as they were in 1935! The most extravagant MONOPOLY® board game set ever produced was the centerpiece of the 1988 MONOPOLY® World Championship held in London. Made with diamonds, rubies and eighteen carat gold, the set was valued at over $1,000,000!

Really Feeling Brave?  Consider an underwater MONOPOLY® fundraising tournament. While most players are content playing the MONOPOLY® game on a card table or their living room floor, others choose more exotic locales for their games.  The MONOPOLY® game has gone to sea countless times.  In 1964, Parker Brothers built a special set for New England Divers, Inc. to use underwater.  The special steel-backed board was laminated with cellophane and weighed 95 pounds. In 1983, the Buffalo Dive Club played for 1,080 hours -- underwater.  Some 350 divers took turns to keep play going for 45 consecutive days. At a cost of $1,300, Parker Brothers made a special MONOPOLY® board game set for underwater marathons. The set disintegrated after a 1,080 hour event sponsored by the Buffalo Dive Club in upstate New York.

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