Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. It was invented by a woman, who for a long time didn't get credit for her idea. What else is hidden in the game's history? Find out here.

Among the many impressive feats that Mary Pilon pulls off in “The Monopolists,” her fascinating history of one of the most popular and iconic American games, the most remarkable may well be ...

If you’re a fan of Monopoly, do not pass go but head directly to the bookshelf and pick up “Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game - and How It Got That Way.” ...

The surprising history behind the board game "Monopoly" 06:22 The board game Monopoly has been around for a long time. American families still love playing it, even if some feel it can drag on too ...

The original Monopoly game was released in 1906, and it looked very different from the version on your shelf (or computer) today. In fact, it didn’t even have the same name.

Buying real estate and driving other players into bankruptcy — that's how the world-famous board game Monopoly works. But its creator had a different mission: She dreamed of a world in which ...

(NEWS10) – November 19 is National Play Monopoly Day and if you’ve ever cracked open a new Monopoly game you may have seen its origin story tucked between the Community Chest and Chance cards ...

Monopoly was invented in 1903 as “The Landlord’s Game” by Elizabeth Magie, a feminist, with the purpose of demonstrating the realities of economic life at the turn of the century and the ...

Mary Pilon details the secret history of Monopoly in her new book, 'The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal behind the World's Favorite Board Game' ...

So you may have heard that the tubby little robber baron that runs the Monopoly franchise, Uncle Pennybags, has decided that one of the iconic Monopoly game pieces will be retired and a new piece ...

Jesse Raiford, a realtor in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the early 1930s and a fan of what players then called “the monopoly game,” affixed prices to the properties on his board to reflect ...