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Sneak Peek: 2011 McDonald’s Monopoly Game Rules
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Every year, McDonald’s run their extreme popular McDonald’s Monopoly game. Every year, we take a crack at the run down to give you some information to help you beat the competition.
The game itself won’t start until September 20th but the 2011 rules are available, which means we can take a look at what’s new, what’s changed, and see if there’s anything we can do with it.
Pre-Promotion
Just like last year, there’s a six day pre-promotion period where you get a sweepstakes entry for registering on the site. Then, on October 3rd, they pull a name out of a hat and that person wins a cool ten grand ($10,000). Not a bad prize for doing something you’d be doing anyway – register for their site.
Possible Prizes
The site also has a list of prizes, which very closely matches the instant win prizes from last year. We can probably assume this list is for all the instant win prizes available in the 2011 game (what we don’t know is how many of each will be awarded):
- My Coke Rewards – 30 point bundles
- Redbox movie rental
- 20 Snapfish 4″x6″ digital prints, 11″x14″ poster, or 5″x7″ photo album
- EA Sports Video game – a promotion code you can online for a free game
- EA Sports $10 to spend online
- EA Sports Ultimate Game Room – $2,000 gift card, 2 video game rockers, 2 autographed pieces of memorabilia, and 5 EA Sports games
- EA Sports Fan Trip – trip for two to a championship or championship series game
- EA Sports Lifetime of Games – eight EA Sports games a year for 50 years
- Kinect for Xbox 360 – a 4GB Xbox 360, games, and a Kinect Sensor
- SpaWish $20 or $200 gift certificate
- $10 or $50 gift cards for gasoline
- Trip to London – 4-day/3-night trip for winner and three guests to London between July 26th – August 12, 2012 for the London Olympics, tickets to two London 2012 Olympic Games events.
- $5, $1,000, $5,000 Walmart Gift Cards
- Beaches Resorts – 4-day/3-night vacation to Turks and Caicos or Jamaica for 2 adults, 2 children 15yrs or younger.
- McDonald’s All-American High School Basketball games – 3-day/2-night trip for winner and three guests to the 2012 McDonald’s All American Games in Chicago on March 27th, 2012.
- MY 12 Nissan Z® Coupe: A 2012 Touring Model with automatic transmission.
- SL MY 12 Nissan LEAF™: A 2012 Model with charger plus standard home installation.
- $50, $500, $10,000 and $25,000 cash
How does this compare to last year? The lower prizes are roughly the same. You can assume, despite it not being listed, that McDonald’s food will be included. There are far more EA Sports related prizes, including higher end ones for trips and “lifetime of games.” Last year, the only EA Sports prize was a game.
At the high end, there are fewer straight dollar prizes (last year there were $10,000 and $25,000 cash prizes – they have returned for this year). There are way more trips, like London for the 2012 Olympics, McDonald’s All American Basketball Game, and the like. Finally, the cars this year are not as sexy as the Shelby GT500 available last year (the Z Coupe is nice, but it’s not a Shelby GT500) but there are more of them available. There are four Nissan Z Coupe’s available (the Official Rules don’t actually list the Nissan LEAF, so it may be a typo in the first page).
The Rare Pieces
According to the rules, here are the rare pieces of each set. As is customary, the rare piece is the one that is listed last when put in order alphabetically (Boardwalk is the exception):
- Mediterranean Avenue – 1 in approx. 61,811
- Vermont Avenue – 1 in approx. 206,036
- Virginia Avenue – 1 in approx. 2,472,425
- Tennessee Avenue – 1 in approx. 2,060,354
- Kentucky Avenue – 1 in approx. 77,263,275
- Short Line Railroad – 1 in approx. 77,263,275
- Ventnor Avenue – 1 in approx. 103,017,700
- Pennsylvania Avenue – 1 in approx. 309,053,100
- Boardwalk – 1 in approx. 618,106,200
In case you’re wondering, the odds of winning the $10,000 in Powerball is 1 in 723,144.64. You get better odds to win a $38,210 car… so if you’re a gambler, you’re better off going after Boardwalk than Powerball. 
Once we get closer to the actual game launch, I’ll put out our regularly scheduled McDonald Monopoly post with more details.
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I’m not a trip or game person so the cash prizes, gas cards and Walmart cards would make me happy. I might like the cars too. I could trade it in on some thing I want. Now to win any of that would mean eating a lot of McD food. Does winning the prizes make me immune to the artery clogging effects of eating all that? Wouldn’t want to have a heart attack driving my new car around.
Well I work at mcdonalds and not everything on the menu is bad for you, its a matter of what you decide to order, i mean it is your choice….You dont even have to get food, you can just get pop, and if you dont want a pop fill it up with water…Your choice.
That’s kind of a senseless thing to say considering the fact that the topic of conversation is Monopoly. In order to get the game pieces you have to eat the most expensive fattening things on the menu. So, in this case I’d say it’s not really your choice if you’re playing the game.
Well, you don’t need to order the most expensive fattening things on the menu.. you can just order a medium drink and/or a large fry.
hahaha, that’s funny.
The only PF blogger I know with intimate knowledge of this game
Can’t wait for people to post their phome numbers again. I love prank calls.
McDonald’s Monopoly is one of my guilty pleasures. I win a lot of free food. One year, I had a cycle going: I won one sandwich, and that burger had a winning value meal on it. Every one I redeemed got me another free food thing.
I don’t recommend redeeming them all at the same McDonald’s. They will think you’re cheating. I convinced them I was magic.
Oh, yeah. And inside the restaurant, ask people for their stamps. Many people don’t care, so they’re happy to pass along their trash.
Yeah, I’m one of those people. I check to see if there’s a cash/food prize or a Boardwalk, but I’ll gladly give you my Baltic Avenue – I just don’t eat at McDs enough to put together winning combos.
thank you for the post. i like seeing all the numbers spelled out. it shows just how are hard it would be to win anything.
i got the Bolardwalk piece, anyone got Boardwalk piece? split 50-50 massage me back my email jeffkwan94@yahoo.com
i got park place
I have parkk placee please lets do something !
i have a park place too! whats the number on yours?
Boy u just said u got boardwalk piece, but ur asking for a boardwalk piece. U mean u only got park place
I need Board walk, ill give you anything for it!!!
Are you serious?
You got boardwalk?
“In case you’re wondering, the odds of winning the $10,000 in Powerball is 1 in 723,144.64. You get better odds to win a $38,210 car… so if you’re a gambler, you’re better off going after Boardwalk than Powerball.”
I think you’re having problems counting the commas, so lets change it to ‘K’ for thousand and ‘M’ for million
Powerball odds to win 10K = 1 out of 723K
McDonalds odds to win nissan z (38k) = 1 out of 154M
Powerball odds to win 200K = 1 out of 5M
Powerball odds to win grand prize (currently 54M) = 1 out of 195M
McDonalds odds to win 100K = 1 out of 485M
You get way better odds by playing Powerball.
How do I get my price once I have all same color tickets?
Hi guys my email is
Kobe_8_lakers_81@hotmail.com. If you guys are serious, contact me.
The complete sets I have are
Blue
Park Place(#341)
Red
Indiana Avenue(#333) & Illinois Avenue(#334)
Orange
St. James Place(#329) & New York Avenue(#331)
Green
Pacific Avenue(#338) & North Carolina Avenue (#339)
For those sets above, I am willing to split the prizes.
The following pieces I have for trade.
Yellow – Marvin Gardens (337)
Orange – New York Avenue (331)
Pink – States Avenue (327)
Blue – Park Place (341)
Green – Pacific Avenue (338)
Reading Railroad & B&O Railroad
Ones that I am looking for are
Boardwalk
Kentucky Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tennessee Avenue
Again serious offers only. Thanks.
I need some yellow pieces hook it up!
i need reading rail road please hit me up will split profit
I have it…hit me up and lets do this…
levii
I have reading rail road
I have reading rail road anyone need it?
I have reading rail road my email is tknippers99@gmail.com
email me for my number i will be more than happy to split it with you thanks.
Very serious
i have B&O rail road, n wht does it mean if it says EA SPORTS Fan Trip?
i got it. oochie4139@yahoo.com
I have reading railroad. if you have the rest hit me up. We’ll Split it 60/40. You get 60.
email: jdrr2005@yahoo.com
i have reading railroad!!!
i got like 4 ill just give u one
What numebers do you have on the yellow peaces
we have parkplace #341
very serious with someone who has #342 (boardwalk)
contact us @ gemstonegirl13@gmail.com
thank you
How can you win if you go throu the drive thru and none of your items contain a game piece????
I have boardwalk does anyone have park place?
Yo email me at ediblepanda@yahoo.com we will talk =)))
I have boardwalk and if you willing to do 50/50 I am too
I have a park! I Am willing to make a deal.
So I need your piece I have all but one of of the rare ones to win I’m willing to trade my pieces so u can win money or maybe a car what do u say
i got park place… any1 got boardwalk.. contact at ricks.khalil@gmaio.com.. im willing to make a deal
I have park place two of them. Let’s do 50/50 it’s better than getting nothing. Email me your number. Liljohngamer@yahoo.com.
I will split 60/40 with you. You get 60. I have park place!
email me!
jdrr2005@yahoo.com
it dont go like that u get 50,000 for 20 years u dont get it all at once so how u splitting it ur better off just finding park place ur self or hit me up ill just take 15,000 u can keep the rest bobby852010@yahoo.com ok
have park place,#341,
i have park place and i will really go 50/50 emial me at nikiesha_covington@yahoo.com
I have park place will share 50/50
Dude I have Park Place, message me. Willing to split 80/20 with you. SO 200,000 for me 800,000 for you
i have park place, now what
email me asap if you want to win the million dollars.
Have about three park place anyone in need ?
i have two of the park place peices i am also willing to make a deal with anyone that has board walk my number is 4344096360
i have park place we can split 60/40 i will take 40 contact me ambercorlew77@yahoo.com
for every1 trying 2 trade for a rare piece stop trying. i have all but the rare ones listed above. duplicates of parkplace, ect. its sad 2 think that 1 boardwalk was probbly thrown away
I’ll suck someones dick for Ventnor Ave.
I have a park place. we need to make this happen lol….. seriously
I need board walk I have other pieces I will trade for it all I need is one more of each piece to win will someone trade me??? Email me at devidev88@gmail.com
i got park place any1 got boardwalk can contact me at ricks.khalil@gmail.com.. im readii to make a deal
Why would someone sell their RARE piece, or even bargain 50/50 for it? It’s RARE! That means the other pieces are common. If someone found a rare piece, they can easily go find a common piece and not split their prize at all. No sense whatsoever!
I have park place.Anbody with boardwalk email me.
You idiots realize that buying, trading, trading, selling, and combining game pieces excludes you from winning right? HAHA FAIL…
I need Ventnor Ave, Kentucky Ave, Short Line Railroad, Penn Ave. Please email me if you would like to give any pieces away or trade. Thanks.
lonestarprincessmom@yahoo.com
Yes I Have Park Place.. Mostly every piece but the rare ones.
My daughter came to me with the bordwalk didn’t understand the game throw it out in garbage