MONOPOLYŽ Tournament Fundraising Design your MONOPOLYŽ fundraising tournament to "fit" your organization and potential supporters.  Most organization charge an admission fee for individuals and/or teams. Don't forget the possibility of business supporters who can sponsor specific spaces on the board.  Most fundraising tournaments are conducted on a set time limit basis.  If you want to really do it right, contact the National MONOPOLYŽ Tournament Director at Hasbro.

MONOPOLYŽ Trivia: The longest MONOPOLYŽ game ever played was 1,680 hours - that's 70 straight days; longest game in a bathtub - 99 hours; longest game underwater - 45 days; and longest game played upside-d/own - 36 hours.  The largest outdoor game ever played used a game board 938 feet wide by 765 feet long. The game required approximately a full city block!  The largest indoor game ever played used a game board 122 feet by 122 feet in size. Parker Brothers prints about 50 billion dollars worth of MONOPOLYŽ money in one year. The total MONOPOLYŽ money in a standard set is $15,140.  Values on the MONOPOLYŽ game board are the same today as they were in 1935! The most extravagant MONOPOLYŽ board game set ever produced was the centerpiece of the 1988 MONOPOLYŽ World Championship held in London. Made with diamonds, rubies and eighteen carat gold, the set was valued at over $1,000,000!

Really Feeling Brave?  Consider an underwater MONOPOLYŽ fundraising tournament. While most players are content playing the MONOPOLYŽ game on a card table or their living room floor, others choose more exotic locales for their games.  The MONOPOLYŽ game has gone to sea countless times.  In 1964, Parker Brothers built a special set for New England Divers, Inc. to use underwater.  The special steel-backed board was laminated with cellophane and weighed 95 pounds. In 1983, the Buffalo Dive Club played for 1,080 hours -- underwater.  Some 350 divers took turns to keep play going for 45 consecutive days. At a cost of $1,300, Parker Brothers made a special MONOPOLYŽ board game set for underwater marathons. The set disintegrated after a 1,080 hour event sponsored by the Buffalo Dive Club in upstate New York.

We have included a number of do-it-yourself fundraising ideas in this section such as a Monopoly Tournament  that offer a break from traditional product sales.  They were developed by groups just like yours in an attempt have a little fun with their fundraiser. Some of them are tried and true while others show a lot of creativity ... and even wackiness in some cases.  All of them are obviously not appropriate for every group, but sometimes, with only a little modification, your might find some fund raising ideas that are perfect for your group. If you have an idea for a do-it-yourself fund raiser you are willing to share with others, please send it to us via email at . Include anything and everything you would want to know if you were hearing the idea for the first time.