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I'm making this thread to discuss the current McDonalds Monopoly game. The main reason is that I've got a code for a Red Box DVD which I'm not going to use and thought I'd give it to Dakka. It's a one-shot code so first one to use it wins. (yes, you do have to sign up for Red Box to use it)

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To redeem at any Redbox location:

Print or record Redbox promo code: ZKZ56NGD.
Add a DVD, Blu-ray Disc™ or Video Game to your cart.
Touch the PROMO CODE button on the checkout screen & enter your code.
You’ll be asked to swipe your payment card to cover any additional days you hold onto your rental.

Enjoy the movie.

If you have any codes you won't be using, post them. I'm sure someone on this forum can.

My wife loves Monopoly, and this game. My arteries are hurting just thinking about what I'll be eating the next month.

We had heaps of these in NZ as my GF was working when it started. But since we got them from her we cant use them. We also cant give them out just encase she gets caught. Apparently there was a huge scandal about this game a while a go now they are extra careful. I missed out on so many 5 dollars off movie ticket cards haha.

I don't eat McDonalds anymore but i always used to love the Monopoly game. Great thread.

I've got three pieces for Medium Fries, but I'm not giving those away. Om-nom-nom-nom...

 Breotan wrote:
I've got three pieces for Medium Fries, but I'm not giving those away. Om-nom-nom-nom...

Medium fries are a trick! Large fries and medium drinks only. That's where the sweet, sweet pieces are. Although really, hashbrowns are a better deal than anything else.

I love how Hungry Jacks/Burger King here has their own counter promotion, where you can redeem the food prizes from the monopoly for a decent equivalent there

I've spent far far too long thinking this one through.
To win, you need to work out which pieces are the rare ones, and keep an eye out for those. They string you along with lots of the high-value sets, but keep the winners back.
List which sets there are, and which pieces you have. That way, when you see the rare one, you'll know not to lose it.

There was a big scandal with this game in the US years and years ago. Apparently, the guy who owned the company that made the game pieces for McD's kept the winning pieces for the best prizes and then gave them to friends and family to claim. There was a stretch of several years where the only winners of the major prizes were in the same three states. When word got out about what had happened, McD's pulled the game out of rotation (it was an annual event for a long time). It's only in the last few years that they've brought it back, presumably with a different company making the game pieces...

Unfortunately, (or fortunately,) I can't stand McDonald's except for their breakfast. Bacon, egg, and cheese McGriddles are that disgusting yet delicious food I'll never be able to quit, though it's been a good month or so since I've had one.

The Monopoly game is also great at making you think you're almost a winner.

The big prizes always have a couple pieces which are really really common. Like you'll find a billion Park Place tokens, but there's only a couple Boardwalks.

 Grey Templar wrote:
The Monopoly game is also great at making you think you're almost a winner.

The big prizes always have a couple pieces which are really really common. Like you'll find a billion Park Place tokens, but there's only a couple Boardwalks.

They spend a crazy amount of money and time just photographing burgers. It would nt surprise me if every little thing McDonalds does is done in the most thought out way possible to be efficient and more importantly money making.

It wouldn't surprise me if they have some of the best minds working around the clock to make their competitions and so on as good as they can possibly be.

Another thing is that all these pieces have codes on them which you can enter at the Playatmcd web site for "another chance to win". Which you won't, but it'll make you feel like you nearly did. ;P

 Ouze wrote:
I don't eat McDonalds anymore

Why do you hate America?

McDonalds is probably the only legit reason to hate America. Their only real redeeming quality is their breakfast menu.

I now have ten Medium Fries instant winner pieces. By best prize to date, one regular McFlurry which I already redeemed because McFlurries are tasty.

Grey Templar wrote:McDonalds is probably the only legit reason to hate America. Their only real redeeming quality is their breakfast menu.

So, not a real reason then?

Breotan wrote:I now have ten Medium Fries instant winner pieces. By best prize to date, one regular McFlurry which I already redeemed because McFlurries are tasty.

You...might eat at McDonalds a bit too much...

And another RedBox rental for whoever uses the code first.

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 Grey Templar wrote:
McDonalds is probably the only legit reason to hate America. Their only real redeeming quality is their breakfast menu.

Legitimate hatred is so boring, though. I prefer to hate America for its gun laws and things like that.

Another Red Box code for someone. First one to redeem it gets it.

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 Grey Templar wrote:
McDonalds is probably the only legit reason to hate America. Their only real redeeming quality is their breakfast menu.

I like their double cheeseburgers as well. There's just something about that melange of diced onions and ketchup.

squidhills wrote:
There was a big scandal with this game in the US years and years ago. Apparently, the guy who owned the company that made the game pieces for McD's kept the winning pieces for the best prizes and then gave them to friends and family to claim. There was a stretch of several years where the only winners of the major prizes were in the same three states. When word got out about what had happened, McD's pulled the game out of rotation (it was an annual event for a long time). It's only in the last few years that they've brought it back, presumably with a different company making the game pieces...

The follow up to that is when McD's found out it was going on, they stopped using that company. The company than sued and won for breach of contract.