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The monopoly on MONOPOLY

The New Bazaar

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Parker Brothers - The Story of Charles Darrow

Parker brothers applied for a patent on monopoly and managed to secure it with remarkable speed. Parker brothers came to an arrangement with milton bradley about their game easy money, and paid a large sum for the rights to the game finance. They sued the publisher of the game in fla but somehow parker brothers ended up paying him at least ten thousand dollars. So that just left lizzie mcgee in one corner, an elderly left wing feminist desperate to teach the children of the world the merits of the single tax system through her obscure board game. In the other corner was smooth talking charles darrow with a tail to tug at heart strings and a host of sharp suits from

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