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New Monopoly board puts a poor value on London
Tim Stewart20.08.08
London was humiliated on the first international Monopoly board today as cities including Montreal, Belgrade and Riga claimed the most sought-after spots.
London occupies the equivalent of Trafalgar Square on the new board after finishing a lowly ninth in a global public vote for a one-off edition of the board game.
The surprise winner, Montreal, in Canada, is not even a capital city.
No German city made the board, while Madrid, Washington, Tokyo, Moscow and Rio also missed out.
Montreal and Latvian capital Riga occupy the coveted dark blue spaces on the World Edition board after six million votes were cast.
Cape Town, Belgrade and Paris were next and make up the greens, followed by Jerusalem, Hong Kong and Beijing as yellows.
London narrowly beat New York and Sydney, which make up the other members of the red set.
In all, 70 cities battled it out for the 22 spaces on the board.
The game features updated movers, including a football and a tuk tuk, and a battery-operated "electronic banking unit" using bank cards to replace the traditional Monopoly money.
The game goes on sale at £24.99 on 26 August.
