Red
Now that I've addressed the issue regarding the meaning of the word "gaffer," I've turned my attention to another conundrum.
Flashback: Three or four days ago. Unkie's house. Evan and Unkie are embroiled in a Monopoly game, the second of the evening. (I'm the banker.)
Unkie won the first game quite easily, having monopolized Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois Avenues (the Red Spaces), built houses, then hotels, and forcing a helpless Evan to pay rent over and over and over again. (FYI: The rent for Illinois Ave. with a hotel is $1100, a hefty sum, even if the currency in Monopoly money). Inthe secondmatch, it was Evan wh took control of the three red properties, ad the game was postponed indefinitely, with Evan in the lead by over $3000.
Merely a coincidence? No, sir. I noted aloud that thre is a direct corrolation between monopolizing these three properties and winning the game. (Flashback within a flashback to Michelle's house when Shatzman owned the three red properties and won the game) Of course, the only way to put this hot topic to rest was to do a little research. I decided to look at some websites and try to find a way to calculate which space is the most frequently visited. I came across a page advertising "Monopoly Fun Facts." I said to myself "Hmm... this sonds like it could be... fun." Here's what I found:
Parker Brother's Monopoly Fun Facts
Take one more look at number 5. Illinois Avenue? That sounds like a red property to me. Thoroughly impressed with myself for coming up with such a wonderful theory, I pressed my luck, and looked t a complete table of percentages of rolls and some such nonsense. (Note that the % is the likelyhood hat the piee will end up on that space at the end of a turn. LJ is leaving jail, this means you get out of jail either by rolling doubles or after 3 turns. RIJ is remaining in jail, meaning no matter what, you will stay in jail for the full 3 turns. Don't care? Scroll down to the bottom.)
LJ model
RIJ model
Number
Space
Probability (%)
Rank
Probability (%)
Rank
0
Go
3.09612
3
2.91826
3
1
MediterraneanAve
2.13138
36
2.01003
36
2
CommunityChest1
1.88488
37
1.77751
37
3
BalticAve
2.16240
35
2.03976
35
4
IncomeTax
2.32852
28
2.19659
27
5
ReadingRR
2.96310
6
2.80496
8
6
OrientalAve
2.26214
32
2.13457
32
7
Chance1
0.86505
40
0.81636
40
8
VermontAve
2.32096
29
2.19034
28
9
ConnecticutAve
2.30034
30
2.17118
30
10
JustVisiting
2.26954
31
2.14223
31
11
StCharlesPlace
2.70166
15
2.55955
15
12
ElectricCo
2.60404
20
2.61548
12
13
StatesAve
2.37209
26
2.17600
29
14
VirginiaAve
2.46489
24
2.42527
22
15
PennsylvaniaRR
2.91997
8
2.63657
11
16
StJamesPlace
2.79242
12
2.67892
9
17
CommunityChest2
2.59446
21
2.29513
24
18
TennesseeAve
2.93559
7
2.81968
6
19
NewYorkAve
3.08517
4
2.81156
7
20
FreeParking
2.88360
9
2.82480
5
21
KentuckyAve
2.83584
10
2.61421
13
22
Chance2
1.04803
38
1.04495
38
23
IndianaAve
2.73569
13
2.56728
14
24
IllinoisAve
3.18577
2
2.99549
2
25
BandORR
3.06590
5
2.89285
4
26
AtlanticAve
2.70720
14
2.54008
16
27
VentnorAve
2.67886
16
2.51920
18
28
WaterWorks
2.80742
11
2.65475
10
29
MarvinGardens
2.58605
22
2.43872
21
30
Jail
3.94998
1
9.38552
1
31
PacificAve
2.67737
17
2.52492
17
32
NorthCarolinaAve
2.62517
19
2.47692
20
33
CommunityChest3
2.36605
27
2.22919
26
34
PennsylvaniaAve
2.50063
23
2.35764
23
35
ShortLineRR
2.43264
25
2.29247
25
36
Chance3
0.86687
39
0.81745
39
37
ParkPlace
2.18640
33
2.06162
33
38
LuxuryTax
2.17985
34
2.05584
34
39
Boardwalk
2.62596
18
2.48612
19
On a completely unrelated note, big "thank you" to Alok for stealing the KitKat BigKat poster from Acme and providing me the inspiration to create my username. And thanks for the ride to Taco Bell. Everyone, give that new Chicken Caesar Grilled Stuft Burrito a try - it's good, it's only here for a limited time, what do you have to lose?
Flashback: Three or four days ago. Unkie's house. Evan and Unkie are embroiled in a Monopoly game, the second of the evening. (I'm the banker.)
Unkie won the first game quite easily, having monopolized Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois Avenues (the Red Spaces), built houses, then hotels, and forcing a helpless Evan to pay rent over and over and over again. (FYI: The rent for Illinois Ave. with a hotel is $1100, a hefty sum, even if the currency in Monopoly money). Inthe secondmatch, it was Evan wh took control of the three red properties, ad the game was postponed indefinitely, with Evan in the lead by over $3000.
Merely a coincidence? No, sir. I noted aloud that thre is a direct corrolation between monopolizing these three properties and winning the game. (Flashback within a flashback to Michelle's house when Shatzman owned the three red properties and won the game) Of course, the only way to put this hot topic to rest was to do a little research. I decided to look at some websites and try to find a way to calculate which space is the most frequently visited. I came across a page advertising "Monopoly Fun Facts." I said to myself "Hmm... this sonds like it could be... fun." Here's what I found:
Parker Brother's Monopoly Fun Facts
- Monopoly is the #1 selling board game of all-time!
- Monopoly is licensed or sold in 80 countries and produced in 26 languages including Croatian.
- Over 200 million games have been sold worldwide.
- More than five billion little green houses have been “built” since 1935.
- The three most landed-on properties are Illinois Avenue, “GO” and the B&O Railroad.
- The total amount of money in a standard MONOPOLY® game is $15,140.
- A set made by Alfred Dunhill, with gold houses and silver hotels, sold for $25,000.
- The longest MONOPOLY® game in history lasted 70 straight days.
- Other world records include the longest MONOPOLY® game in a treehouse (286 hours),underground (100 hours), in a bathtub (99 hours) and upside-down (36 hours).
- In 2000 the MONOPOLY® game was voted Toy of the Decade at the London Toy Fair.
- At the 2000 Australian MONOPOLY® Championships the age of the contestants ranged from only 7 years old to over 70.
Take one more look at number 5. Illinois Avenue? That sounds like a red property to me. Thoroughly impressed with myself for coming up with such a wonderful theory, I pressed my luck, and looked t a complete table of percentages of rolls and some such nonsense. (Note that the % is the likelyhood hat the piee will end up on that space at the end of a turn. LJ is leaving jail, this means you get out of jail either by rolling doubles or after 3 turns. RIJ is remaining in jail, meaning no matter what, you will stay in jail for the full 3 turns. Don't care? Scroll down to the bottom.)
LJ model
RIJ model
Number
Space
Probability (%)
Rank
Probability (%)
Rank
0
Go
3.09612
3
2.91826
3
1
MediterraneanAve
2.13138
36
2.01003
36
2
CommunityChest1
1.88488
37
1.77751
37
3
BalticAve
2.16240
35
2.03976
35
4
IncomeTax
2.32852
28
2.19659
27
5
ReadingRR
2.96310
6
2.80496
8
6
OrientalAve
2.26214
32
2.13457
32
7
Chance1
0.86505
40
0.81636
40
8
VermontAve
2.32096
29
2.19034
28
9
ConnecticutAve
2.30034
30
2.17118
30
10
JustVisiting
2.26954
31
2.14223
31
11
StCharlesPlace
2.70166
15
2.55955
15
12
ElectricCo
2.60404
20
2.61548
12
13
StatesAve
2.37209
26
2.17600
29
14
VirginiaAve
2.46489
24
2.42527
22
15
PennsylvaniaRR
2.91997
8
2.63657
11
16
StJamesPlace
2.79242
12
2.67892
9
17
CommunityChest2
2.59446
21
2.29513
24
18
TennesseeAve
2.93559
7
2.81968
6
19
NewYorkAve
3.08517
4
2.81156
7
20
FreeParking
2.88360
9
2.82480
5
21
KentuckyAve
2.83584
10
2.61421
13
22
Chance2
1.04803
38
1.04495
38
23
IndianaAve
2.73569
13
2.56728
14
24
IllinoisAve
3.18577
2
2.99549
2
25
BandORR
3.06590
5
2.89285
4
26
AtlanticAve
2.70720
14
2.54008
16
27
VentnorAve
2.67886
16
2.51920
18
28
WaterWorks
2.80742
11
2.65475
10
29
MarvinGardens
2.58605
22
2.43872
21
30
Jail
3.94998
1
9.38552
1
31
PacificAve
2.67737
17
2.52492
17
32
NorthCarolinaAve
2.62517
19
2.47692
20
33
CommunityChest3
2.36605
27
2.22919
26
34
PennsylvaniaAve
2.50063
23
2.35764
23
35
ShortLineRR
2.43264
25
2.29247
25
36
Chance3
0.86687
39
0.81745
39
37
ParkPlace
2.18640
33
2.06162
33
38
LuxuryTax
2.17985
34
2.05584
34
39
Boardwalk
2.62596
18
2.48612
19
On a completely unrelated note, big "thank you" to Alok for stealing the KitKat BigKat poster from Acme and providing me the inspiration to create my username. And thanks for the ride to Taco Bell. Everyone, give that new Chicken Caesar Grilled Stuft Burrito a try - it's good, it's only here for a limited time, what do you have to lose?