Who Invented Monopoly

Who Invented Monopoly

Who was the real inventor of Monopoly?

The board game Monopoly has its origin in the early 20th century. The earliest known version of Monopoly, known as The Landlord’s Game, was designed by an American, Elizabeth Magie, and first patented in 1904 but existed as early as 1902.

Who originally invented Monopoly and why?

In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, a down-on-his-luck family man named Charles Darrow invented a game to entertain his friends and loved ones, using an oilcloth as a playing surface.
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