MONOPOLY has become the most popular board game in the world. The game is currently sold in over 111 countries around the world and available in 43 different languages. More than a billion people have played the game since it was introduced and its popularity shows no signs of slowing down. Most foreign editions of Monopoly adopt their own property names -- for example, The Boardwalk becomes Mayfair in England, Rue de la Paix in France and Schlossallee in Germany.

In November 1973, the first officially organized World Monopoly Championship was held at in New York. Since then, twelve additional World Monopoly Championships have been held approximately every four years with champions coming from countries like Ireland, Singapore, Australia, and Japan. The most recent World Championship was held in October 2009 in Las Vegas. 

The object of the game in MONOPOLY is to own it all