when did mcdonald's start the monopoly game
1987
title: McDonald's Monopoly text: in the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and United Kingdom since 1987. Argentina and Brazil were included in 2013 as well as Ireland in 2016. From 2003-2009, Best Buy was involved in the U.S. version, and later in the Canadian version. Like many merchants, McDonald's offered sweepstakes to draw customers into its restaurants. Laws generally forbid a company from administering its own contests, in order to prevent fraud and to ensure that all prizes are given away. McDonald's had a relationship with title: McDonald's Monopoly text: McDonald's Monopoly The McDonald's Monopoly game is a sales promotion of McDonald's and Hasbro, which uses the theme of the latter's board game "Monopoly". The game first ran in the U.S. in 1987 and has since been used worldwide. The promotion has used other names, such as "Monopoly: Pick Your Prize!" (2001), "Monopoly Best Chance Game" (2003–2005), "Monopoly/Millionaire Game", "Prize Vault" (2013-2014), "Money Monopoly" (2016-), "Coast To Coast" (2015-) in Canada, "Golden Chances" in the UK (2015-), Prize Choice in the UK (2016-), Win Win in the UK (2017-) and Wiiiin!! in the UK (2018-). The promotion has been offered title: McDonald's Monopoly text: Simon Worldwide Inc., which was responsible for the distribution of the contest pieces and the awarding of major prizes. In 2015, the Monopoly game was replaced in the US by "Game Time Gold", using an NFL theme. In 2016, the Monopoly game returned, but hasn't since, in 2018 replaced by "Trick! Treat! Win!". In 2000, the U.S. promotion was halted after fraud was uncovered. A subcontracting company, Simon Marketing (a then-subsidiary of Cyrk), that had been hired by McDonald's to organize and promote the game, failed to recognize a flaw in its procedures. Chief of security Jerome P. Jacobson was title: History of the board game Monopoly text: an edition of the game was produced by the Franklin Mint, the first edition to be published outside Parker Brothers. At about the same time, McDonald's started its first "Monopoly" game promotions, considered the company's most successful, which continue to the present. The twentieth such promotion was sponsored in 2012. In recent years, the "Monopoly" brand has been licensed onto a line of slot machines built by WMS Gaming (first introduced in 1998, six models had been made by 2000, and over 20 by 2005). The slots were named "Most Innovative Gaming Product in 1999 and voted "most popular" in title: Monopoly (game) text: online board. This version takes far longer to play than board-game "Monopoly", with one game lasting 24 hours. Results and position are sent to players via e-mail at the conclusion of the game. The "McDonald's Monopoly" game is a sweepstakes advertising promotion of McDonald's and Hasbro that has been offered in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States. A short-lived "Monopoly" game show aired on Saturday evenings from June 16 to September 1, 1990, on ABC. The show