# McDonald's Monopoly

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 13, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405 "2001-07-13T18:52:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Plavacek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Plavacek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plavacek)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405/1 "2001-07-13T18:52:04Z")

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I hate McDonald’s food.  
It makes me ill.  
Very, very ill.  
However, when Monopoly time comes around, I am instinctively drawn to McDonald’s, regardless of the odds against winning.  
To minimize my plastic-and-grease intake, and maximize the chances that SOMEONE on this board will win SOMETHING, I propose the following:  
If/when you play Monopoly at McDonald’s, or your kids play, post the collect-to-win pieces here. If we actually win something collectively, we’ll figure out how to divide up the loot.

My pieces:  
North Carolina  
Marvin Gardens  
B+O Railroad  
Indiana  
St. James  
Pennsylvania Railroad  
Conneticut

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405/2 "2001-07-13T19:25:17Z")

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No way in hell I’m sharing my loot man!

If I get one of the hard-to-get pieces I’ll just go to MickeyD’s and eat french fries until I complete the set. Practically speaking there’s just one winning piece for each prize, the other 2 or 3 are so common they barely affect the odds of winning.

Fun idea, but probably not realistic.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405/3 "2001-07-13T21:45:16Z")

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Well, I got **Park Place** out of a magazine yesterday, so if anyone has a Boardwalk to go with it, we’re golden.

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405/4 "2001-07-13T21:51:10Z")

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Was I the only one who immediately thought, “What? Is the DoJ going after MickeyD’s now that Microsoft is off the hook? How can they justify that?”

Sorry. I don’t eat at McDonald’s, so I won’t be contributing any game pieces.

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**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly/72405/5 "2001-07-14T05:28:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Balance \*  
> \*\*Was I the only one who immediately thought, “What? Is the DoJ going after MickeyD’s now that Microsoft is off the hook? How can they justify that?”  
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Hello! They sell breakfast, lunch, **AND** dinner!