Monopoly Statistics

• Considered a lengthier board game, the maximum time that a game of Monopoly has ever lasted was 70 days.
• The Monopoly board contains 40 squares which players can land on.
• Within these, there are 10 sets of properties to own in total (brown, light blue, pink, orange, red, yellow, green, blue, utilities and railroads).
• Railroads are the most landed on as they are the only group with four properties. 
• Despite this, the orange set is believed to be the best to own as they have higher rents and players land on them more frequently due to Chance and Community Chest cards and landing on them after being in Jail.
• The chance of rolling a double in Monopoly is 16.67%.
• However the chance of rolling three doubles in-a-row, which will land the player in Jail for speeding, is just 0.46%.
• Other ways of being sent to Jail include Chance and Community Chest cards and landing on the go to Jail square.
• Players are able to get out of Jail by either paying M50, rolling a double within three turns (chance of 42.13%) or using a get out of Jail free card at any point during their stay.
• Players cannot remain in jail for more than three turns and must pay the M50 to get out after this point.

(Note: M is the currency of the game)

Monopoly squares

• Passing the corner square Go will grant the player with M200 income.
• The minimum rent or income from a square in Monopoly is from Mediterranean Avenue without any houses or a hotel, at M2.
• Mediterranean Avenue and Baltic Avenue are the cheapest squares to purchase, each at M60. 
• The maximum rent or income from a square in the game is from Boardwalk with a hotel, which costs M2,000.
• Boardwalk also is the most expensive square to purchase (M400) and to mortgage (M200).
• Houses and Hotels are cheapest to build on brown and light blue properties at M50 each.
• However, they are most expensive to build on green and dark blue properties at M200 each.

Square	Color	Value (M)	Rent or Income (M)	Mortgage (M)
Go	–	–	200 (income)	–
Mediterranean Avenue	Brown	Purchase: 60 House/Hotel: 50	Standard: 2 1 House: 10 2 Houses: 30 3 Houses: 90 4 Houses: 160 Hotel: 250	30
Community Chest #1	–	–	–	–
Baltic Avenue	Brown	Purchase: 60 House/Hotel: 50	Standard: 4 1 House: 20 2 Houses: 60 3 Houses: 180 4 Houses: 320 Hotel: 450	30
Income Tax	–	–	200	–
Reading Railroad	–	Purchase: 200	1 Railroad: 25 2 Railroads: 50 3 Railroads: 100 4 Railroads: 200	100
Oriental Avenue	Light Blue	Purchase: 100 House/Hotel: 50	Standard: 6 1 House: 30 2 Houses: 90 3 Houses: 270 4 Houses: 400 Hotel: 550	50
Chance #1	–	–	–	–
Vermont Avenue	Light Blue	Purchase: 100 House/Hotel: 50	Standard: 6 1 House: 30 2 Houses: 90 3 Houses: 270 4 Houses: 400 Hotel: 550	50
Connecticut Avenue	Light Blue	Purchase: 120 House/Hotel: 50	Standard: 8 1 House: 40 2 Houses: 100 3 Houses: 300 4 Houses: 450 Hotel: 600	60
In Jail / Just Visiting	–	–	–	–
St. Charles Place	Pink	Purchase: 140 House/Hotel: 100	Standard: 10 1 House: 50 2 Houses: 150 3 Houses: 450 4 Houses: 625 Hotel: 750	70
Electric Company	–	Purchase: 150	1 Utility: Dice value x 4 2 Utilities: Dice value x 10	75
States Avenue	Pink	Purchase: 140 House/Hotel: 100	Standard: 10 1 House: 50 2 Houses: 150 3 Houses: 450 4 Houses: 625 Hotel: 750	70
Virginia Avenue	Pink	Purchase: 160 House/Hotel: 100	Standard: 12 1 House: 60 2 Houses: 180 3 Houses: 500 4 Houses: 700 Hotel: 900	80
Pennsylvania Railroad	–	Purchase: 200	1 Railroad: 25 2 Railroads: 50 3 Railroads: 100 4 Railroads: 200	100
St. James Place	Orange	Purchase: 180 House/Hotel: 100	Standard: 14 1 House: 70 2 Houses: 200 3 Houses: 550 4 Houses: 750 Hotel: 950	90
Community Chest #2	–	–	–	–
Tennessee Avenue	Orange	Purchase: 180 House/Hotel: 100	Standard: 14 1 House: 70 2 Houses: 200 3 Houses: 550 4 Houses: 750 Hotel: 950	90
New York Avenue	Orange	Purchase: 200 House/Hotel: 100	Standard: 16 1 House: 80 2 Houses: 220 3 Houses: 600 4 Houses: 800 Hotel: 1000	100
Free Parking	–	–	–	–
Kentucky Avenue	Red	Purchase: 220 House/Hotel: 150	Standard: 18 1 House: 90 2 Houses: 250 3 Houses: 700 4 Houses: 875 Hotel: 1050	110
Chance #2	–	–	–	–
Indiana Avenue	Red	Purchase: 220 House/Hotel: 150	Standard: 18 1 House: 90 2 Houses: 250 3 Houses: 700 4 Houses: 875 Hotel: 1050	110
Illinois Avenue	Red	Purchase: 240 House/Hotel: 150	Standard: 20 1 House: 100 2 Houses: 300 3 Houses: 750 4 Houses: 925 Hotel: 1100	120
B. & O. Railroad	–	Purchase: 200	1 Railroad: 25 2 Railroads: 50 3 Railroads: 100 4 Railroads: 200	100
Atlantic Avenue	Yellow	Purchase: 260 House/Hotel: 150	Standard: 22 1 House: 110 2 Houses: 330 3 Houses: 800 4 Houses: 975 Hotel: 1150	130
Ventnor Avenue	Yellow	Purchase: 260 House/Hotel: 150	Standard: 22 1 House: 110 2 Houses: 330 3 Houses: 800 4 Houses: 975 Hotel: 1150	130
Water Works	–	Purchase: 150	1 Utility: Dice value x 4 2 Utilities: Dice value x 10	75
Marvin Gardens	Yellow	Purchase: 280 House/Hotel: 150	Standard: 24 1 House: 120 2 Houses: 360 3 Houses: 850 4 Houses: 1025Hotel: 1200	140
Go To Jail	–	–	–	–
Pacific Avenue	Green	Purchase: 300 House/Hotel: 200	Standard: 26 1 House: 130 2 Houses: 390 3 Houses: 900 4 Houses: 1100 Hotel: 1275	150
North Carolina Avenue	Green	Purchase: 300 House/Hotel: 200	Standard: 26 1 House: 130 2 Houses: 390 3 Houses: 900 4 Houses: 1100 Hotel: 1275	150
Community Chest #3	–	–	–	–
Pennsylvania Avenue	Green	Purchase: 320 House/Hotel: 200	Standard: 28 1 House: 150 2 Houses: 450 3 Houses: 1000 4 Houses: 1200 Hotel: 1400	160
Short Line	–	Purchase: 200	1 Railroad: 25 2 Railroads: 50 3 Railroads: 100 4 Railroads: 200	100
Chance #3	–	–	–	–
Park Place	Dark Blue	Purchase: 350 House/Hotel: 200	Standard: 35 1 House: 175 2 Houses: 500 3 Houses: 1100 4 Houses: 1300 Hotel: 1500	175
Luxury Tax	–	–	100	–
Boardwalk	Dark Blue	Purchase: 400 House/Hotel: 200	Standard: 50 1 House: 200 2 Houses: 600 3 Houses: 1400 4 Houses: 1700 Hotel: 2000	200

A graph is given below to show the maximum and minimum rents per property set:

A graph is given below to show square types by frequency:

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Monopoly Chance cards

• Cash rewards and get out of Jail free cards are beneficial to the player and there is an 18.75% chance of picking up one of these through Chance.
• Paying money to bank/players is detrimental to the player and these cards are picked up 18.75% of the time.
• Move to property/railroad/utility, back three spaces, to Jail or to Go can be either beneficial or detrimental to the player depending on the in-game situation. 
• There is a 62.50% chance of picking up one of these.
• Players are much less likely to pick up beneficial Chance cards than Community Chest cards (18.75% vs. 62.50%).

Chance card	Number of cards	Chance
Move to property/railroad/utility	7	43.75%
Pay money to bank/players	3	18.75%
Cash reward	2	12.50%
Advance to Go	1	6.25%
Go back three spaces	1	6.25%
Go to Jail	1	6.25%
Get out of Jail free	1	6.25%

Monopoly Community Chest cards

• Cash rewards and get out of Jail free cards are beneficial to the player and there is a 62.50% chance of picking up one of these in the Community Chest.
• Paying money to bank/players is detrimental to the player and these cards are picked up 25.00% of the time.
• It is important to note that street repair cards that require the player to pay money to the bank can be much more costly (due to buildings) than any potential income from other Community Chest cards.
• Go to Jail or advance to Go can be either beneficial or detrimental to the player depending on the in-game situation. 
• These are picked up 12.50% of the time.
• Players are much more likely to pick up beneficial Community Chest cards than Chance cards (62.50% vs. 18.75%).

Community Chest card	Number of cards	Chance
Cash reward	9	56.25%
Pay money to bank/players	4	25.00%
Advance to Go	1	6.25%
Go to Jail	1	6.25%
Get out of Jail free	1	6.25%

the worst cards (Street Repairs when you have a lot of buildings) can be much worse than the good cards can be good.

Monopoly starting money

• At the start of a game of Monopoly, each player is given M1,500 in cash.
• The lowest bill value is M1 and the highest bill is M500.
• There are seven bill types in total which can be used in the game.
• US Monopoly sets dated before September 2008 distributed the same total using different quantities of notes.

Bill	Color	Starting quantity
M500	Orange	2
M100	Beige	4
M50	Blue	1
M20	Green	1
M10	Yellow	2
M5	Pink	1
M1	White	5

Monopoly dice combinations

• Using the two standard 6-sided dice used in Monopoly, there are 36 different combinations that can be made.
• The most common dice roll in Monopoly is 7 (16.67%).
• With an average throw of 7 and 40 squares on the board, each player should take 5.71 turns to get around the board on average.
• The least common dice rolls in the game are 2 and 12 (2.78% each).

Total roll	Combinations	Number of combinations	Percentage
2	(1,1)	1	2.78%
3	(1,2)(2,1)	2	5.56%
4	(1,3)(2,2)(3,1)	3	8.33%
5	(1,4)(2,3)(3,2)(4,1)	4	11.11%
6	(1,5)(2,4)(3,3)(4,2)(5,1)	5	13.89%
7	(1,6)(2,5)(3,4)(4,3)(5,2)(6,1)	6	16.67%
8	(2,6)(3,5)(4,4)(5,3)(6,2)	5	13.89%
9	(3,6)(4,5)(5,4)(6,3)	4	11.11%
10	(4,6)(5,5)(6,4)	3	8.33%
11	(5,6)(6,5)	2	5.56%
12	(6,6)	1	2.78%

Average time to play Monopoly

• Estimates suggest that the minimum time needed to complete a game of Monopoly is around 30 minutes, as long as just two players are playing.
• The maximum amount of time needed is around 180 minutes, for games involving 7-8 players.
• As a general rule, the more players that play the game, the longer a game will take.
• Chosen house rules can greatly impact the length of the game.

Number of players	Minimum time taken (average)	Maximum time taken (average)
2	30 minutes	45 minutes
3	45 minutes	60 minutes
4	60 minutes	90 minutes
5	90 minutes	120 minutes
6	120 minutes	150 minutes
7 – 8	150 minutes	180 minutes +

Monopoly Statistics FAQ

How to win Monopoly?

• Monopoly is won by forcing all other players into bankruptcy while remaining financially solvent.
• This is done by purchasing and developing different properties across the board, as when players land on properties owned by another player, they must pay them rent.
• Some key strategies to win at the popular game include:
  • Developing property with houses and hotels quickly instead of saving money.
  • Prioritizing orange and red properties when available as their income is steady.
  • Avoid purchasing utilities as they provide low income.
  • Spend more time in Jail towards the end of the game to avoid paying rent.

How many people can play Monopoly?

• Monopoly is a board game for between 2-8 players.
• It is suitable for people 8 years and over.

What is the Monopoly Man’s name?

• The name of the Monopoly Man is Milburn Pennybags.
• He is more commonly known by the name “Rich Uncle” Pennybags.
• However, in other parts of the world he is known simply as the Monopoly Man or Mr. Monopoly. 

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