# The mathematics of McDonald’s Monopoly **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mathematics-of-mcdonald-s-monopoly/1012108 "2024-12-24T12:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
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We’ve had plenty of past threads about McDoanld’s Monopoly, some of them specifically asking which pieces were the rare ones. > [@McDonalds Monopoly pcs are winners clearly marked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-monopoly-pcs-are-winners-clearly-marked/751858): > > McDonalds is running it’s Monopoly games again. As someone who is unlikely to actually eat there more than once during the game it’s not like I’d acquire very many game pieces. The instant winners and such are pretty clear just looking at them, it says ‘you won a free McFlurry’ or whatever. I’m wondering about the properties where you need to collect multiple pieces. Of any given property type there is only one that is has impossible odds to get. Someone could get a hundred ‘Park Places’ but ne… > [@What Are the Rare Gamepieces in the Current McDonald's Monopoly Promotion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rare-gamepieces-in-the-current-mcdonalds-monopoly-promotion/269684): > > In the McDonald’s Monopoly promotion, you win prizes either instantly or by collecting gamepieces of the same color (or category) based on the Monopoly board. For example, collect Boardwalk and Park Place and win $1,000,000. There are tens of thousands of one piece, and only one of the other. Obviously, collecting the rare one is the key to winning the prize. I’ve got about five or six pieces in my pockets and on my desk at work. Can anyone please tell me what the rare pieces are, so I can sta… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mathematics-of-mcdonald-s-monopoly/1012108)._