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How To Win McDonald’s Monopoly Game

by Jim Wang
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McDonalds Monopoly Game PieceAre you ready? The McDonald’s Monopoly game will be kicking off its 2011 edition early this year, starting on September 20th (last year the game started in October). This year they adjusted the prizes, keeping many of the dollar prizes but adding a few more contests and upping the number of giveaway cars. As there has been since the dawn of time, the million dollar prize remains the belle of the ball but she’ll some competition from several inclusive vacations to Beaches Resorts, the McDonald’s High School All-American game, and even a trip to London for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The game itself has remained the same. The goal of the game is to collect game pieces you can find on specially marked food products. Those game pieces will come in pairs where you’ll win either instantly or get a property that you need to match with others. Collect all the property from a colored monopoly and win that prize. In each set of properties, there will be a rare piece that basically wins you the prize. Get that rare piece and the prize is basically yours.

The online $10,000 CASHstakes will start on September 20th but the full game won’t begin until September 27th, 2011. Below, we’ll take a look at what you will need to learn in order to win the McDonald’s Monopoly game for 2011.

2011 Rare Game Pieces & Prizes

For 2011, there were some changes to the rarity, the number of prizes, and what the prizes were:

  • Mediterranean Avenue ($50 prize, 10,000 prizes) – 1 in approx. 61,811
  • Vermont Avenue ($100 prize, 3000 prizes)- 1 in approx. 206,036
  • Virginia Avenue ($200 SpaWish® Gift Certificate, 250 prizes) – 1 in approx. 2,472,425
  • Tennessee Avenue (Beaches Resort Vacation, 300 prizes)- 1 in approx. 2,060,354
  • Kentucky Avenue ($50,000, 8 prizes) – 1 in approx. 77,263,275
  • Short Line Railroad (EA Sports Fan Trip, 8 prizes) – 1 in approx. 77,263,275
  • Ventnor Avenue ($100,000, 6 prizes) – 1 in approx. 103,017,700
  • Pennsylvania Avenue (SL MY 12 Nissan Leaf, 2 prizes) – 1 in approx. 309,053,100
  • Boardwalk ($1,000,000, 1 prize) – 1 in approx. 618,106,200

To give you a better of idea of relative rarity within a monopoly set, let’s take a look at the light blue pieces. Vermont is the rare piece with an approximate 1 in 206,036 chance of finding that tile. The other tiles, Oriental Avenue and Connecticut Avenue, are both 1 in 11. Winning that set will net you a hundred dollars.

In-Store Instant Win Prizes

What can you win by peeling off a label?

  • Food prizes: Medium French Fries, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Small Frappé or Smoothie, Regular McFlurry or Fruit ‘N Yogurt Parfait, any Breakfast sandwich (excluding McMuffin®)
  • Redbox 1 Night DVD Rental
  • My Coke Rewards 30-Point Bundles
  • 20 Snapfish 4″x6″ Digital Photo Prints
  • $5 Walmart Gift Card
  • $10 Gift Card for Gas
  • $50 Cash
  • $50 Gift Card for Gas
  • Kinect for Xbox 360
  • $500 Cash
  • 2012 McDonald’s All-American High School Basketball Games Trip for Four
  • EA SPORTS Ultimate Game Room
  • $5,000 Walmart Gift Card
  • Trip to the London 2012 Olympic Games for Four
  • $10,000 Cash
  • $25,000 Cash
  • EA SPORTS Lifetime of Games
  • MY 12 Nissan Z Coupe Touring Model

Online Instant Win Prizes

I really enjoy the online game, probably because it’s online and it’s a game. :) That said, there are plenty of prizes you can win just be putting your codes in at the right time. Whether you win a prize online depends on when you enter a valid code, not what the code says. According to the rules, these “winning times” are set ahead of time and the first user to throw the dice will win that prize. Here are the prizes:

  • 30 My Coke Rewards Points – 3,500,000 prizes
  • Redbox One Night DVD Rental – 500,000
  • 20 Snapfish 4″x6″ Digital Photo Prints – 900,000
  • Snapfish 11″x14″ Poster – 100,000
  • Snapfish 5″x7″ Photo Book – 500
  • $10 EA SPORTS Prize – 100,000
  • $20 SpaWish Gift Certificate – 9,000
  • 1,000 My Coke Rewards Points – 42
  • $50 Cash – 2,880
  • $50 Gift Card for Gas – 200
  • EA SPORTS™ Video Game – 13,500
  • $1,000 Walmart Gift Card 40
  • Beaches Resorts Vacation – 36
  • $5,000 Cash – 7
  • $10,000 Cash – 1

How to Get McDonald’s Monopoly Game Pieces

To get pieces, you have two options – buy McDonald’s food or get them for free by sending in a self-addressed stamped envelope. Here are the food items that give you a game piece:

  • Medium Fountain Drinks
  • Medium and Large Iced and Blended McCafé® beverages incl. Smoothies and Frappés (excludes large Iced Coffee and excludes McCafé® Shakes)
  • Hash Browns
  • Big Mac®
  • 10-piece Chicken McNuggets
  • Egg McMuffin (excludes Sausage McMuffin)
  • Oatmeal
  • Filet-O-Fish
  • 20-piece Chicken McNuggets – two game pieces
  • Large Fries – two game pieces

Cheapest game pieces: The Hash Browns remain the cheapest way to get game pieces if you’re going to buy them. In past years, people have been able to just buy the pieces without the food (so you aren’t compelled to eat or throw out a lot of hash browns).

How to Get Almost Free Game Pieces

Alternatively, you can get game pieces without purchase by sending a handwritten, self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
2011 MONOPOLY Game at McDonald’s Game Piece Request
P.O. Box 49180
Strongsville, OH 44149-0180

Not entirely free, it’ll cost you two envelopes and 88 cents worth of stamps… unless you live in Vermont. If you live in Vermont, you do not have to put return postage on the self-addressed envelope but it still needs to be handwritten (so 44 cents instead of 88).

If you don’t want to buy the food and don’t want to address a million envelopes, you can always “dumpster dive.” If you don’t want to hop into a dumpster, ask other people in the store if they want their game pieces. With so many people going to McDonald’s on a regular basis, it’s no surprise that plenty of pieces go unopened. Some people just don’t care and you can benefit from it.

Trading Game Pieces

Trading game pieces is expressly forbidden in the game rules with a few exceptions (usually for younger participants to transfer them to their parents) but vibrant property trading and selling communities, such as Fatwallet Forums, do exist. Every year the comments on this site and a post on Fatwallet become big deal making threads. Trade at your peril with the understanding that it’s against the rules.

Who Won Last Year?

The winner of the 2010 prize was Jonathan Kehoe from West Allis, Wisconsin, just west of Milwaukee. It’s a nice story of a man who’d been on unemployment and pulled the winning pieces off a medium soda. According to the story, he pulled Boardwalk and Park Place at the same time. The 2009 winner also pulled the game pieces off a drink (sweet tea). I wonder what food item this year’s winner will come from? (another drink?)

If you have a hankering for some legal mumbo jumbo, here are the full official rules. Good luck!

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  1. Cheria Cauley says:
    10/01/2011 at 5:57 pm

    If anyone gives me Atlantic we can bargain the amount I’ll give you!!! :) )))

    Reply
  2. reggie says:
    10/01/2011 at 6:22 pm

    I got boardwalk n can’t find anyone close to ne that has a park place, I have asked all my friends but we never get it so anyone that lives close or would drive or fly to oceancity I would split tha prize!!!!! Please!!!!!! I NEED PARKPLACE FOR 1,000,000 PLEASE I’M BEGGING THIS IS NO JOKE PLEASE!!!!!!

    Reply
  3. reggie says:
    10/01/2011 at 6:22 pm

    I got boardwalk n can’t find anyone close to ne that has a park place, I have asked all my friends but we never get it so anyone that lives close or would drive or fly to oceancity I would split tha prize!!!!! Please!!!!!! I NEED PARKPLACE FOR 1,000,000 PLEASE I’M BEGGING THIS IS NO JOKE PLEASE!!!!!!!

    Reply
  4. reggie says:
    10/01/2011 at 6:23 pm

    I got boardwalk n can’t find anyone close to ne that has a park place, I have asked all my friends but we never get it so anyone that lives close or would drive or fly to oceancity I would split tha prize!!!!! Please!!!!!! I NEED PARKPLACE FOR 1,000,000 PLEASE I’M BEGGING THIS IS NO JOKE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  5. linda says:
    10/01/2011 at 7:15 pm

    Why is everyone acting soooooooo foolish????

    Reply
  6. doc says:
    10/01/2011 at 8:17 pm

    i do i claim my prize that i won on

    Reply
  7. Dane says:
    10/01/2011 at 8:26 pm

    nobody is gonna give up their rare tickets like lets be real, if you get a rare ticket you’re gonna smooth get your $

    Reply
  8. bradley says:
    10/01/2011 at 10:51 pm

    I need Ventor will split prize

    (I have the other two)

    email bradley4love@yahoo.com

    Reply
  9. Anonymous says:
    10/01/2011 at 11:20 pm

    I HAVE ALL MONOPLY PIECES WOOHOO

    Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      10/02/2011 at 6:01 pm

      ummm yeah right not possible you would either have to had stole them all or done something to hack and get them all…

      Reply
  10. lol says:
    10/02/2011 at 1:42 am

    I have boardwalk. *lights it on fire* evil laugh…

    Reply
  11. Exsanguinate says:
    10/02/2011 at 2:08 am

    Wow the trolls have come out to play.

    Reply
  12. luna says:
    10/02/2011 at 7:19 am

    Well my name is Luna…email me at hazelgreenchula@aol.com if anyone needs pieces..maybe we can work something out towards the end of the game

    Reply
  13. luna says:
    10/02/2011 at 7:31 am

    Just read the rules. Nevermind..so u all know if its found that u trade pieces ur automatically disqualified.

    Reply
  14. hoskins85 says:
    10/02/2011 at 11:28 am

    ived got park place, states avenue, atlantic avenue, oriental avenue Im ballin lol

    Reply
  15. brittanyb says:
    10/02/2011 at 11:51 am

    I have extra PARK PLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, ATLANTIC AVE, MARVIN GARDENS, IL AVE, INDIANA AVE, NY AVE, STATES AVE, ORIENTAL AVE, B&O RAILROAD, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, READING RAILROAD, AND BALTIC AVE…. I am in need of BOARDWALK, PENNSLYVANIA AVE, VENTNOR AVE, AND KENTUCKY AVE. anyone want to trade?……

    Reply
  16. Jaz says:
    10/02/2011 at 12:43 pm

    To save a lot of you a lot of time: don’t bother responding to anyone who claims to have rare pieces. Every piece that’s not rare is COMMON. If they truly found one of the pieces listed above, they could take $20 and just buy hash browns until they got the other piece. They don’t need you or your dime a dozen monopoly piece. Just don’t waste your time humoring them.

    Reply
  17. Connor says:
    10/02/2011 at 1:25 pm

    I got park place. In MN. Email connormxwll@aol.com hit me up if you wanna go half

    Reply
  18. John says:
    10/02/2011 at 1:44 pm

    I have boardwalk. do i get a million dollars? how do you play monopoly?

    Reply
  19. Andrew says:
    10/02/2011 at 3:46 pm

    Does anyone have Atlantic Avenue #336 , #337

    Reply
  20. Dang says:
    10/02/2011 at 4:16 pm

    I have park place let’s talk!

    Reply
  21. Jermaine says:
    10/02/2011 at 4:31 pm

    Anyone need park place?

    Reply
  22. Viva Diva says:
    10/02/2011 at 5:37 pm

    This game is fun. Does anyone have Kentucky Ave.I too will split the prize.If your honest
    let me know we can do this.I’m honest and trust
    worthy for sure. If you are then we can do this.

    Reply
  23. Lisa says:
    10/02/2011 at 6:02 pm

    I have parkplace … shortyflirty21@yahoo.com

    Reply
  24. SmartPerson says:
    10/02/2011 at 7:18 pm

    you people are stupid……

    Reply
  25. Parkplace holder says:
    10/02/2011 at 7:51 pm

    YO REGGIE- WHAT UP? WE”VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED. HIT ME BACK ASAP SO WE CAN TALK BIZNESS. ITS ALL ABOUT THE HUSTLE #RobbinMCDS

    Reply
  26. Forrealz says:
    10/02/2011 at 9:23 pm

    I have everyone except for 341, 336, 332, 324, 330, 328 anyone has those let me know

    Reply
  27. Anonymous says:
    10/02/2011 at 10:57 pm

    Kpogp05@gmail.com I need Pennsylvania ave.

    Reply
  28. Seriously? says:
    10/02/2011 at 11:01 pm

    Do you honestly think these people will trade you half the winnings when you have a common piece and they have a rare one? I read the comments on this every year to laugh at the idiots.

    Reply
  29. smjth says:
    10/02/2011 at 11:32 pm

    I just peeled a park place off my mcnuggets!!! :D How exactly do I claim the 1,000,000 if i get a board walk piece?

    Reply
  30. Karen Arias says:
    10/03/2011 at 12:24 am

    Anyone has boardwalk? We can share the prize

    Reply
  31. Ann says:
    10/03/2011 at 12:29 am

    I just Have a question. how do u claim ur prize if u have gottne all the game pieces required for the prize? do u mail them out with a form? or what?

    Reply
  32. Justin says:
    10/03/2011 at 12:56 am

    Hey guys switching pieces is not a good idea. Not because its not a smart idea, its just McDonald’s is smarter. McDonald’s probably tracks all the pieces so trading piece with people that are clear across the country is basically telling McDonald’s that you are cheating.

    Reply
  33. camille says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:10 am

    Has anyone received ventnor ave? I need that :) camillerrose@yahoo.com

    Reply
  34. Viper-Daisy says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:55 am

    hey everyone, I just want some simple pieces if you have them.

    Pennsylvania Ave, Tennessee Ave, Short Line RR, KEntucky Ave.

    that’s it thanks! let me know. goodluck everyone!

    Reply
  35. Florina says:
    10/03/2011 at 8:28 am

    I have it PP in Chi town…e-mail me bradflorina@Yahoo.com

    Reply
  36. Tyler Berry says:
    10/03/2011 at 9:05 am

    I have boardwalk! just got it today! anyone live near Louisville Kentucky? Ive paid too much for hash browns and I need Park Place…

    Reply
  37. J says:
    10/03/2011 at 9:05 am

    i have park place, indiana ave Illinois, st james and new york. Miami,Fl

    Let me know if any one got the others would split would meet half way if to far.

    Reply
  38. J says:
    10/03/2011 at 9:06 am

    email me at insane_x10@hotmail.com

    Reply
  39. keke says:
    10/03/2011 at 10:01 am

    Is willing to trade atlantic 335 for a broadwalk #342

    Reply
  40. Sawah says:
    10/03/2011 at 10:24 am

    I need Kentucky ave. Willing to give all my other pieces away for it. email me if your interested: mischiefdoll@live.com

    Ive got #329 st. james place, #345 B&O railroad, and #323 Oriental Avenue.
    more to come.

    Reply
  41. Danae says:
    10/03/2011 at 10:26 am

    I just got a Park Place monopoly piece yesterday… Need Boardwalk… willing to go in 50/50 with someone for winnings if they have boardwalk! please please email me danaem7@yahoo.com. In FL and willing to figure this out ASAP!

    Reply
    • Will says:
      10/03/2011 at 12:39 pm

      You are either a troll or a total idiot. Nobody in their right mind will give you a boardwalk and split it 50/50. PP is a dime a dozen in case you havent noticed by now. If anyone truly has a boardwalk they will just go in and buy 100-200 medium drink cups until they yfind a PP. It blows my mind that people actually beleive that someone give up 500,000 for a peice that they should get just by buying 100 medium drink cups. Get a life….

      Reply
      • Will says:
        10/03/2011 at 12:48 pm

        Im not trying to be mean, just trying to show that your request is out of touch with reality. There is only ONE boardwalk peice for the entire game, and the odds of finding it are 1 in approx. 618,106,200.

        Reply
  42. mannymacho says:
    10/03/2011 at 1:21 pm

    This thread looks like craigslist. It is hilarious.

    Reply
  43. swells says:
    10/03/2011 at 1:48 pm

    The comment section sure is a great way to troll for emails/phone numbers

    Reply
  44. Audra says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:01 pm

    Look, I can trade you a color for a color. So,

    a MARVIN GARDENS for a VENTOR AVE,
    aPACIFIC Ave for PENN AVE,
    a ILLINIOS AVE for KENTUCKY AVE,
    a CONNETICUT AVE or ORIENTAL AVE for a VERMONT , a NY AVE or St. JAMES PLACE for TN AVE,
    St. CHARLES for VIRGINA AVE

    Let’s get trading at allsuccess8@gmail.com

    Reply
  45. Audra says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:04 pm

    Also if you need park place, I’ll trade you mine for any +3 of those above…or you can opt to write a contract with me to split half of the million so I KNOW I WILL GET MINE.

    Reply
  46. Kevin says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:08 pm

    If anybody have Boardwalk, I will split the $1,000,000 and only receive 10,000

    If anybody have Kentucky, I will split the $50,000 and only receive 5,000.

    My email is barneskl@ymail.com. Subject: Boardwalk

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Reply
  47. Audra says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:10 pm

    I need boardwalk, i will trade you for anything else you need, lemme know.

    allsuccess8@gmail.com

    Reply
  48. bnrdiaz says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:18 pm

    Do all of you realize there is only one Boardwalk? Also, you can’t split unless the winner is willing to give you a percentage each month as the winnings are paid $50,000 per year for 20 years. If they say sure okay I will give you such and such a month, you better get it in a legal document. Otherwise, you will probably never see it.

    Reply
  49. aaron says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:28 pm

    If you have boardwalk,ventnor,kentucky, ill split the cash.

    Reply
  50. trent says:
    10/03/2011 at 2:29 pm

    you guys are stupid. do you really think he would give you 500k for a piece that comes off of half the sweet teas???

    Reply
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