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Google Maps + Hasbro = Worldwide Monopoly Game

September 7th, 2009 - by Brett Derricott - Salt Lake City, Utah

Google and Hasbro have teamed up to create an online game called Monopoly City Streets. With the popularity of both Google Maps and the Monopoly game, it isn’t hard to believe this is going to be big.

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The game, launching September 9th, could become one of the biggest, most widely-played online games ever, with players competing from all over the world. As in the board game, players will spend Monopoly money buying property (each players starts with $3 million).

Downing Street will reportedly cost $231,000 while Pennsylvania Avenue will fetch a cool $2 million.

Read more at The Guardian.