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And finally… Christmas hotline to tackle Monopoly bust-ups

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And finally... Christmas hotline to tackle Monopoly bust-ups

Hasbro has set up an emergency hotline to settle Monopoly disputes over Christmas.

The new hotline will be open from 24-26 December to help mediate families’ disputes over the game, following a survey which found 51 per cent of games end in an argument.

According to the poll, the most common cause of fights were people making up the rules as they go along.

Craig Wilkins, marketing director of Hasbro UK & Ireland, said: “We’ll have experts on hand with the official rulebooks to instantly settle any disputes, and advice on how to resolve common complaints, with each person also having the opportunity to make a donation to Childline when they call.”

According to the survey, the top Monopoly arguments were over:

  1. People making up rules

  2. People being too cocky when winning

  3. Someone buying a property you want, even when they don’t need it

  4. People taking too long to take their turn

  5. Someone stealing from the bank

  6. Someone deliberately mis-counting their move

  7. Who gets to be the banker

  8. The property auction process

  9. Choice over tokens

  10. What the rules of “Free Parking” are

    11. And the most popular ways of cheating are:

    1. Trying to keep quiet when landing on an opponent’s property

    2. Stealing money from the bank

    3. Moving your token more or less than shown on the dice, to your advantage

    4. Making up the rules that suit you, to someone who doesn’t know

    5. Sneakily adding more houses/hotels than you’ve paid for

    6. Moving the dice to land on the numbers you want

    7. Pretending your Chance/Community Chest card is a good one, when really it’s a bad one

    8. Fiddling the order of Chance/Community Chest cards so you get good ones

    9. Bribing other players with real-life rewards for help in the game

    10. Stealing properties from the bank

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