Hi-Tech Monopoly

One of the things that makes Monopoly such a long game is money. First, you have to hand it out at the start of the game. Then you have to get it all in order for the banker. Sometimes you run out of $100 bills, and that just starts to screw things up. And finally at the end of the game you have to collect it all, just so you can go through the hassle again another day. Well, all that is about to change; because in an effort to "move with the times" Parker Brothers is adding VISA Debit Cards to the classic board game. So now, players can pay for properties with debit cards. Parker Brothers says they have phased out the standard multi-colored cash in a new version, so if you have the classic game with the paper money, it might be worth something one day.

I can see now...
"Yeah, when I was a kid we played Monopoly with paper money."
"You mean you actually had to count the money by hand?"

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