NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The game of "Monopoly" has come a long way from its humble origins in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the latest version of the popular board game also might test players' geography skills. After an online vote conducted earlier this year, Hasbro, Inc announced that the most expensive properties on the new "Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition," game board will be represented by Montreal and Latvia's capital, Riga. The game's most expensive properties are normally Boardwalk and Park Place in the prestigious blue property group of the Parker Brothers' version that was patented by Charles Darrow in 1935. More than 5.6 million votes were cast for 70 cities worldwide to determine which 22 would be featured in the new game. "The classic version of the game has been around for over 70 years and it will...
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