The secret history of Monopoly
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The History of the Monopoly Game
Lizzie mcgee found out in 19 30 ive that her game was being sold without her permission. When the tods did what darrow asked and wrote out the rules for the game, they accidentally misspelt one of the street names. Marvin gardens in atlantic city is, in fact, spelt with an e n, not an i n as it still spelt on american monopoly boards. And lizzie mc gee then sort of disappears, yes, doesn't she? Until the seventies, when ralph anspack brings out his game called anti monopoly, and pocker brothers sue him for using the monopoly name. That's he begins digging
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