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Monopoly Goes Modern
By Larry Hendrick | July 30, 2006
I know that progress happens and that change is inevitable, but this is hard to swallow for someone that grew up on Monopoly.
Chron.com | Buying Marvin Gardens soon may be done with debit card
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - If you’re passing Go and want to collect $200, better bring a debit card.A British version of the classic Monopoly board game released this week substitutes a Visa-imprinted debit card for the stacks of yellow, blue and purple play money long hoarded by children worldwide.
“We started looking at what Monopoly would look like if we designed it today,” said Chris Weatherhead, a Britain.-based spokesman for Hasbro Inc., which makes the best-selling board game. “We noticed consumers are using debit cards, carrying around cash a lot less.”
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