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How To Win the Albertsons Monopoly Game in 2019

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Attention, shoppers: It’s not impossible to win the Albertsons Monopoly game in 2019, though the odds are against you. However, there were a number of high-dollar winners in 2018. A few of them gave their tips on how to win the Albertsons Monopoly game this year.

2018 Albertsons Monopoly Winners

As you may know, Albertsons is under an umbrella of a number of retail stores such as Safeway, Jewel Osco, and others. Each of these stores is offering game pieces to customers. And, in 2018, they also gave those customers HUGE prizes. Here is a list of big-ticket winners from 2018 and where they got their winning pieces.

ACME Safeway Monopoly

The following winners collected their winning ticket from ACME stores.

  • Jeffrey B. (New Jersey) $40,000 car of choice
  • Karen C. (Pennsylvania) $7,500 Fan Pack and Red Carpet
  • Thomas D. (New Jersey) $5,000 Cash
  • Lori J. (Pennsylvania) $5,000 Groceries
  • Erin M. (New Jersey) $10,000 Cash
  • Leslie M. (New Jersey) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Christian P. (New Jersey) $5,000 Instant Win Cash
  • Lori P. (New Jersey) $10,000 iHeart Country Festival
  • Krystene R. (Pennsylvania) $5,000 Cash
  • Frances S. (Pennsylvania) $5,000 Cash

Albertsons Monopoly Winners

Each of the winners below scored their big prize shopping at Albertsons stores.

  • Erin D. (Washington) $40,000 Car of Choice
  • Helen E. (Arizona) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Susan G. (California) $27,673 Progressive Jackpot
  • Patricia K. (Nevada) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Billy M. (Colorado) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Janet M. (California) $11,623 Progressive Jackpot
  • Aaron R. (Texas) $24,975 Progressive Jackpot
  • Kristin S. (Arizona) $25,000 Kitchen Makeover
  • Cheryl V. (Washington) $10,000 Cash
  • Vicki W. (Washington) $32,459 Progressive Jackpot

It should also be noted that the $1 million jackpot was collected at an Albertsons last year as well. The Albertsons was located in Eastern Idaho.

Winners at Albertsons Market

Albertsons Market shoppers were able to get lucky in 2018 as well. Here’s what their customers raked in during the game last year.

  • Ruth E. (New Mexico) $300 Spa Day
  • Shane G. (New Mexico) $5,000 Cash
  • Hermelinda H. (New Mexico) $300 Spa Day
  • June K. (New Mexico) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Roberta L. (New Mexico) $1,000 Grocery Gift Card
  • Amy M. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Ande M. (New Mexico) $6,606 Progressive Jackpot
  • Frances M. (New Mexico) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Melanie R. (New Mexico) $40,000 Car of Choice
  • Barbara S. (New Mexico) $1,000 Cash

Jewel-Osco Winners

The following individuals won Albertsons Monopoly by shopping at Jewel-Osco last year.

  • Larry A. (Illinois) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Suzanne D. (Illinois) $10,000 Cash
  • Mark G. (Illinois) $5,913 Progressive Jackpot
  • Richard K. (Illinois) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Antionette S. (Illinois) $25,000 Kitchen Makeover
  • Maisha S. (Illinois) $5,000 Groceries
  • Ruth S. (Illinois) $5,000 Groceries
  • Cathy T. (Illinois) $5,000 Groceries
  • Holly U. (Illinois) $10,000 Cash
  • Wendy V. (Illinois) $5,000 Instant Win Cash

Winners at Market Street

Market Street shoppers weren’t left out of the fun either. However, no $40,000 prizes were given out to these customers.

  • Ryan B. (Texas) $5,000 Groceries
  • Krysten G. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Jennifer M. (Texas) $300 Spa Day
  • Jonathon O. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Cassidy S. (Texas) $20,000 College Tuition

Pavilions Monopoly Game Winners

Pavilions is yet another store you can pick up Monopoly game pieces. Here are last year’s winners.

  • Stephanie D. (California) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Lori F. (California) $1,000 Grocery Gift Card
  • Tammy-Anne F. (California) $300 Spa Day
  • Faith G. (California) $300 Spa Day
  • Ruben O. (California) $1,000 Weekend Getaway

Randalls Monopoly Winners 2018

Another Safeway brand, Randalls, had a number of small-dollar winners last year.

  • Liz B. (Texas) $3,600 Special Event
  • Deborah C. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Rogr F. (Texas) $1,000 Grocery Gift Card
  • Martie H. (Texas) $1,000 Cash
  • Nancy N. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Carole P. (Texas) $1,000 Weekend Getaway
  • Daniel R. (Texas) $2,600 Movies for a Year
  • Alan W. (Texas) $1,000 Grocery Gift Card

Safeway Monopoly 2018 Winners

Safeway is the second largest store to offer the Monopoly game (other than Albertsons). Unsurprisingly, its shoppers were some of the biggest winners.

  • Julie C. (Arizona)$40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Eileen G. (California) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Blake Joseph H. (Washington) $40,000 Car of Choice
  • Greta H. (Colorado) $51,228 Progressive Jackpot
  • Michelle L. (California) $44,324 Progressive Jackpot
  • Anita M. (Montana) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Diana P. (Maryland) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • CJ S. (Washington) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Patricia T. (California) $28,408 Progressive Jackpot
  • Audra Z. (Virginia) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice

Shaw’s Monopoly Winners

Shaw’s had a number of high-dollar winners as well.

  • Matthew A. (Maine) $5,000 Groceries
  • Kathleen D. (Massachusetts) $20,771 Progressive Jackpot
  • Darlene J. (Rhode Island)$10,000 Cash
  • Chelsea M. (New Hampshire) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Suzanne M. (Massachusetts) $16,095 Progressive Jackpot
  • Libby S. (New Hampshire) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Pamela U. Massachusetts) $7,500 Family Vacation
  • Caroline W. (Massachusetts) $10,000 Cash
  • Jeanine W. (Massachusetts) $20,000 College Tuition

Shoppers Who Won Tom Thumb Monopoly

Tom Thumb, another Safeway company, also had a number of winners in 2018.

  • Cynthia A. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Cheryl B. (Texas) $21,719 Progressive Jackpot
  • Rachel Renee B. (Texas) $1,500 Gas Grill & Groceries
  • Angela F. (Texas) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Laura K. (Texas) $1,500 Gas Grill & Groceries
  • Laura K. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Alison S. (Texas) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Mary S. (Texas) $7,500 Family Vacation
  • Rachid S. (Texas) $10,000 Cash
  • Veronica S. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card

United Grocery Store Monopoly Winners

You can also collect Monopoly pieces at United stores, where there were a few winners in 2018 as well.

  • Terry A. (Texas)$500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Kenneth B. (Texas)$1,000 Grocery Gift Card
  • Allison H. (Texas)$500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Trista K. (Texas) $300 Spa Day
  • Jacqueline M. (Alaska) $500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Joan M. (Texas) $3,600 Special Event
  • Jovita M. (Texas)$500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Ryan M. (Texas)$500 Grocery Gift Card
  • Amy P. (Texas) $2,600 Movies For A Year
  • Katelynn W. (Texas) $500 Grocery Gift Card

Vons Gave Away One of the Largest Prizes

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Outside of the $1 million GRAND PRIZE given away at Albertsons last year, Vons gave away another huge prize. Karen T. from California won a $100,000 cash prize (or luxury vehicle). The store also awarded the following prizes last year.

  • Stephen C. (California)$7,500 Family Vacation
  • Rosa F. (Nevada)$10,000 Fiesta Latina
  • Bradley J. (California) $40,000 Vehicle of Choice
  • Kim K. (California) $25,000 Kitchen Makeover
  • Jorge M. (California) $5,812 Progressive Jackpot
  • Elizabeth R. (Texas) $20,000 College Tuition
  • Tammara S. (California) $10,000 Cash
  • Teressa U. (California) $40,000 Car of Choice
  • Deborah W. (California) $67,782 Progressive Jackpot

How a Previous Year’s Winner Did It

The story of a previous year’s Grand Prize winner provides further insights on how people are able to win the game. In 2012, an El Paso Community College student named Melissa Varela swooped up the $1 million cash prize of the “Collect and Win” game by shopping at the 9111 Dyer Albertsons Market in El Paso.

At the time, she was the only million-dollar winner since the contest began in 2009. Prior to Valera, the last grand prize was awarded in the promotion’s first year to a Los Lunas, NM couple who won a $500,000 mortgage payoff.

Varela increased her chances by accepting tickets and increasing the number of times she shopped each week. She may have only shopped at one Albertsons location, but others have seen much success in the form of free grocery goodies by shopping at multiple sites.

Commit Big to the Albertsons Monopoly Game

The moral of the story: If you’ve made the decision to play the 2019 Albertsons Monopoly game, you need to commit big. Making regular visits to the participating stores and collecting as many tickets as possible seems to be the best bet; at least, that is what worked for Melissa. Luck definitely plays a role but so does consistency.

Also, don’t forget you can also submit for a second-chance drawing. Winners have been able to collect the grand prize through the second-chance drawing by submitting their game pieces online. Don’t forget to register for your free game pieces too!

This is not to say this is a guaranteed way to win, but as the old saying goes, “Go big, or go home.”

Readers, if you’re looking for a place to safely trade Albertsons Monopoly pieces, head on over to the Saving Advice forums! 

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The Odds of Winning the Albertsons Monopoly Game 2019

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Albertsons Monopoly Odds

Albertsons Monopoly is back for its 11th year. The contest, which involves collecting Monopoly game pieces from various Albertsons-owned stores, has been something that has created a bit of a stir in recent years. You collect game pieces and, if you are lucky, you will get the right pieces and win the grand prize of $1 million.

Until May 7, you will have the option to gain Monopoly game pieces when you shop at an Albertsons-owned store. The overall goal of the game is to match a set of properties on a Monopoly game board to win a specific prize. Prizes range from free groceries or merchandise to $1 million.

Practically 2,300 stores across the United States will be offering game pieces to its customers. This year is the first year Safeway shoppers will be eligible to play. ACME, United Supermarkets, Star Market, Safeway, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Pavilions, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, and several smaller, local stores are all offering the Monopoly game pieces and a chance to win $1 million to its customers.

The contest in which people win millions of dollars has been a highly-anticipated event each year since it started 11 years ago. Since Albertsons is continually growing, the contest is continually growing as well. This year, the prizes are bigger as last year and the probability of winning is much higher than in previous years.

Albertsons Monopoly Odds of Winning

Now that you’ve read a bit about the contest, you may be thinking about trying your hand at winning. What are the odds of winning Albertsons Monopoly and taking home one of the $1 million grand prizes?

To win the grand prize of $1 million you need to find two of the hardest to find game pieces. Chances of finding one of these rare game pieces are now 1 in 404 million. So, that means (on the first try) your odds of getting both of the pieces necessary to win $1 million are more than two trillion to one, which aren’t greats odds.

However, it isn’t impossible to win. Additionally, like last year, Albertsons is offering six prizes valued at $1 million. Of course, there are the three $1 million cash prizes but the grocer is also offering three $1 million vacation home prizes as well. If these prizes go unclaimed, Albertsons then performs a second chance drawing for a shopper to get their $1 million.

Increasing Your Odds of Winning Albertsons Monopoly

As stated above, you’ll need to collect rare game pieces to win the grand prize. It isn’t very likely you’ll find one yourself. You are more likely to encounter “rare” games pieces through online trading. Some people trade game pieces to give themselves a better chance of winning one of the prizes (even if it is not the grand prize). It isn’t usually very hard to find someone willing to get rid of a “semi-rare” pieces that may complete a winning set for someone else.

That is only to win the $1 million cash prize or vacation home though. If you are okay claiming a smaller cash price, there are plenty of other rewards to be had. However, there are fewer of these opportunities this year. There will only be 67 million tickets available for free grocery products with values between $0.59 and $14.99 (compared to 112 million tickets last year).

In all reality, if you win anything from the Albertsons Monopoly game, it will likely be one of their smaller prizes, like gift cards, free grocery items, and other small cash prizes. You don’t pay to play though, so you’ve really got nothing to lose. Aside from buying your regular groceries, Albertsons Monopoly costs absolutely nothing for those who play. From now until May 7, when you purchase your groceries at an Albertsons grocer, you will get game pieces.

If you’re looking for a place to safely trade Albertsons Monopoly game pieces, head on over to the Saving Advice forums. 

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Albertsons Monopoly Alternate Method of Entry: Get FREE Tickets

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Albertsons Monopoly contest has begun again. People will be rushing to Albertsons-owned grocery and convenience stores in order to get their “free” game pieces. Obviously, you have to make a purchase to receive Monopoly game pieces in store, however, there are other alternative entries that you may be eligible for.

Qualified Albertsons Monopoly Entries

AMOE, or Alternate Method of Entry will begin on February 6, 2019. The game pieces can be purchased in participating Albertsons®, Safeway®, Pavilions®, Carrs®, Vons®, Randalls®, Eagle®, Pak ‘n Save®, Tom Thumb®, ACME Markets®, Jewel-Osco®, Shaw’s Supermarkets®, Star Markets®, United Supermarkets®, Market Street®, Amigos®, United Express®, Albertsons Market®, Lucky® (Southern California only) and Super Saver® stores (“Market Stores”) nationwide.

Interested customers must be at least 18 years of age and a legal U.S. resident to be eligible (All states are qualified except Florida).

Alternate Methods of Entry

1. No need to purchase tickets: Traditionally, all you have to do to be qualified for this Promotion, while game ticket supplies last, is make a purchase. This excludes lottery tickets, stamps, tobacco or alcohol products, or other products excluded by law, at any of the participating stores. A participant will receive bonus game tickets every time he/she purchases at any of the stores mentioned above. Online purchases are excluded. Bonus game tickets are available when the purchase of a participating product is made. See your local Albertsons-owned store for details.

2. Alternative entry method: You will receive one (1) Game Ticket and one (1) Bonus Game Ticket by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to MONOPOLY MON-09 Collect and Win Game Ticket Request, Attn: Promotions Coordinator, P.O. Box 965068, Marietta, GA 30066. Mail-in requests, including both outer envelope and SASE, must be handwritten and must be received no later than May 7, 2019. This is only available while ticket supplies last. Limit one request per envelope. Each request must be sent in a separate stamped envelopes with the information including the requestor’s first and last name, street address, city, state, and zip or postal code (name and address must match the return name and address on SASE) legibly handwritten in the upper left hand corner of the outer envelope. A separate MONOPOLY Collect and Win Employee Game will be held for Employees only.

3. To play: You must tear off the perforated portion to receive a special discount offer, online sweepstakes coupon code, instant prize grocery gift card, instant free product coupon or 2 free game ticket coupons. This comes with 4 game markers that can be used on the game board. You must moisten the glue strip on the back of the markers and the markers on the matching prize play area spaces on the game board. Do not glue or tape the game markers on the board permanently.

4. To win: The $1,000,000 Cash (30-year annuity) will be paid out in equal installments of $33,333.33 a year, with one initial payment and 29 additional annual payments with no interest accruing, or a single lump sum payment of $624,000 that will be awarded as a check. Everything else will be awarded as a check as well.

5. Ending of promotion: The scheduled end date for the game materials will be on May 7, 2019. Unclaimed Prizes will not be awarded.

Second Chance Drawings

If you’ve been following Albertsons Monopoly for some time now, you know the grocer also offers second-chance drawings for its shoppers. You can enter your Monopoly codes online at www.shopplaywin.com for a second chance at winning the game.

This seems like an extra step that most people don’t want to take. However, keep in mind, a woman won the $1 million cash prize by filing for her second-chance drawing. There have also been several other large prizes awarded through the second-chance option.

Readers, are you searching for an Albertsons Monopoly game piece? Visit the Saving Advice forums game piece trading thread. 

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Tricks To Win Albertsons’ Monopoly 2018

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With the Safeway Monopoly promotion already started, it is well-known that the basic Collect and Win game pieces are not difficult to obtain; it’s the rare and semi-rare tickets that are truly hard to find, not to mention the odds of actually winning the jackpot prize are stacked up even higher this year. Thus, you might find tricks to win Albertsons’ Monopoly especially helpful.

For the Albertsons’ tenth annual event, there are over $250,000,000 in prizes and money-saving offers, including four $1 million vacation homes, two $1 million cash prizes, grocery gift cards, and more; but with the chances of winning decreasing each year, how is one actually to win the game?

There are some tips and tricks you can use to win a few extra tickets as well as bonus tickets and work your way closer to those rare game pieces, which will lead you to the gold mine. Check them out below:

Tricks to Win Albertsons’ Monopoly:

  • Team up with friends and family. Gather a large group of loved ones to divide and conquer. The more tickets you can collect and trade, the better your chances can be at finding those rare pieces and, ultimately, winning at least one of the bigger prizes. Essentially, this is a collect-and-win game. See if your family is interested in participating this year together. Plus, this can be a great family-bonding experience. Sharing is caring after all, right?
  • Peruse around on Cragislist.com and online forums. Craigslist is already starting to fill with individuals holding a handful of extra tickets they are willing to trade so that they can fill their own game boards. Other outlets like the comment sections on YouTube.com Albertsons’ Monopoly videos also contain useful information from participants with markers to trade. You can always use competitions from the past to implement to the 2018 game. While you likely will never find a rare or semi-rare piece for free, you can at least still cash in on some of the other useful and fun prizes. Not to mention those bonus tickets can really come in handy too. Speaking of…
  • Follow this pair of traveling sisters’ advice. These sisters previously posted their winnings on Youtube.com after doing a mini-road trip to a variety of Albertsons stores in the southwest.  You can read more about their journey and their strategy on their site. However, despite collecting thousands of tickets, they still did not hit the big prize. This will hopefully give you an idea of how many tickets you need to gain in order to increase your own chances.
  • Only buy your groceries from Albertsons and Albertsons-owned participating stores until May 8. Again, the more markers you gather the better your odds. So, by doing your regular grocery shopping at these chains, you can get an early start on collecting. Plus, you can mail-in requests for tickets as well.

In summary, you should do your research, start early and recruit a crew to tackle this promotion. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for how to obtain those bonus tokens as they often lead to more winning opportunities. Hopefully, these tricks to win Albertsons Monopoly will you help you with your efforts in 2018.

Are you playing this year? What tips do you have to offer? What has worked for you in the past?

 

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FREE Albertsons Monopoly Game Pieces — Claim Yours!

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You can score Albertsons Monopoly game tickets for free!
You read that correctly: FREE Albertsons Monopoly game pieces!

There three ways to score them without having to shop at any store affiliated with Albertsons, and all are well worth the added effort, since they will save from having to make a lot of trips to the store, since any size purchase gets you a ticket.

You need a large number of tickets to get anywhere near a prize for Monopoly Shop and Win. The odds are significant because that the parent company, Market Stores, owns a total of 2,035 locations that are participating.

Albertsons Monopoly Game Pieces Free

In addition to Safeway and Albertsons, there’s Pavilions, Carrs, Vons, Randalls, Eagle, Pak ‘n Save, Tom Thumb, Jewel-Osco, Acme Markets, Shaw’s/Star Market, United Supermarkets, Market Street, Amigos, United Express, Lucky (Southern California only) and Super Saver.

Just because there are 2,035 stores that offer the game doesn’t mean you should go shopping that many more times to get the game pieces. With that in mind, here are the three ways to get free Safeway and Albertsons Monopoly game pieces.

1. Write Letters

Envelopes and postage cost a lot less than the amount of groceries you need to buy to get Safeway and Albertsons Monopoly game pieces — which makes the old-fashioned self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) approach the most straightforward way to obtain tickets free of charge.

The official rules for Safeway and Albertsons Monopoly still state that you can include a SASE in an old-fashioned postal letter to: MONOPOLY MON-11 Collect and Win Game Ticket Request, Attn: Promotions Coordinator, P.O. Box 965068, Marietta, GA 30066.

The mail-in requests must be received no later than May 9, the last date tickets will be distributed for the promotion.

Each request must be mailed in individually and legibly addressed. Submissions in business reply envelopes will not be considered. Other restrictions do apply, so you’ll want to read the complete rules in order not to miss anything.

Once you send in your request, you will receive one game ticket and one bonus game ticket, for a total of two tickets. I’s also important to note that the online prizes are different than the Collect and Win portion of the game.

2. Trade Online

Another strategy might not technically work out as free tickets because you would need to trade something of value for the game pieces. Websites where people barter — including but not limited to Craigslist — typically include listings of Albertsons Monopoly game pieces during the season of the promotions.

You’ll be able to find more of these opportunities if you remember to do additional searches on each of the different grocery brands that are participating.

You could even post an ad in one of the wanted categories on Craigslist and explain that you want to pool Monopoly game pieces with people who’ve shopped at all the different grocery brands that participate in the promotion.

Search skillfully — and often 00 and you just might find people who are willing to give away their extra tickets so you don’t have to fork over anything first.

3. Ask Friends

Talk to all of your friends who shop at any of the grocery stores that are participating in the Monopoly Shop and Win and you might also find it better to pool your resources in order to improve your odds.

The wider the circle of friends you reach out to, the greater your chances of obtaining multiples of the same ticket. Most likely at least some of your friends are throwing away playing pieces after they get home from the market — get them to give you any they might have tossed otherwise.

In sum, the more people you can pull in to work together on this event, the better your chances may be of winning. And if you combine this strategy with the other two mentioned in this article, plus you still buy groceries, then things really start to add up.

Good Luck

Given the odds of winning Safeway and Albertsons Monopoly, any way you can obtain game pieces will put you ahead. So if you’re willing to do the extra work, you can play smarter without ruining your budget.

Readers, are you seeing the promotions for Monopoly game pieces are your favorite stores yet? Which grocers are your preferred locations?

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Albertsons Monopoly Rare Game Piece Scam

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The Albertsons Monopoly game is back. Many people are trying to take advantage of the easy ways to win up to $1 million. Who wouldn’t? However, there may be a few people out there who are trying to win as well, but not the fair way. People are trading Monopoly pieces, however, not all people are being honest about what they have. It is important to know the scams that have circulated around the game if you are playing (and trying to win). Most of these scams have been around for the entire eight years the game has been played, but it is important for you to realize the signs of a scam.

Some people would say the entire game is a scam, but believing that to be untrue, the only way you can get scammed during the Albertsons Monopoly game is by the other players. This can happen in a few different ways:

Rare Piece Scam

Trading Monopoly pieces online has not been uncommon in past Monopoly games run by Albertsons or any other company. Generally, message boards, forums and even comments underneath articles will allow for people to communicate about trading pieces.

To win the bigger prizes, you have to encounter some of the more rare pieces of the game. There are some people that will try to trick you out of your prize though. The rare property pieces, like Boardwalk and Park Place, are hard to find. However, people will trade pieces online for money. If someone has Board Walk, they may ask for Park Place. In exchange for the game piece, the person may offer you half of the prize ($500,000).

Albertsons Monopoly Rare Game Piece
Here is where the red flag should go up in your mind. Why would someone be willing to give up half a million dollars for a board piece? Especially, because everyone has the same chances of finding a rare game piece, they would possibly be able to find the other piece need to have the entire $1 million. Also, they could potentially find that other piece for spending much less than $500,000.

However, usually, they will start talking to you about having the $1 million all to yourself. They will simply ask for a small amount of money for the game piece. This seems kind of strange so, of course, you’ll ask why they are willing to do something like that. They will come up with something about a bad divorce or trouble with the IRS.

They will usually only ask for about $5,000 to $10,000 for the rare game piece. Generally, they will ask you to send the money and then they will send the game piece. However, this is where the scam really comes alive. You will send them money, but you will never get the rare game piece, will never see your money again and will likely never be able to contact them again. In fact, most of the scammers have taken fake photos of game pieces to ensure that you will receive the game piece in the mail (but you never do).

No matter what your current financial situation is, do not fall for this scam. Anyone who is claiming to be willing to trade rare Monopoly game pieces is likely scamming you. If you find that someone is trying to do this, contact the site administrator of where you are communicating immediately to alert them to this person’s intentions.