Monopoly (the game) goes cashless. Art immitating life? More like brainwashing.

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Wheel and deal your way to a fortune even faster using debit cards instead of cash! All it takes is a card swipe for money to change hands. Now you can collect rent, buy properties and pay fines - with the touch of a button! It’s a new way to play the family classic that’s been brought up-to-date with modernized tokens (including a Segway personal transporter, an Altoids tin, space shuttle, flat-screen TV, baseball cap and a dog in handbag!), higher property values and locations based on your favorite landmarks Gameboard comes with title deed cards, chance and community chest cards, 6 debit cards, 2 dice, 6 tokens, 32 houses, 12 hotels and instructions.

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When the computer in this game crashes and the WHOLE GAME IS OVER and EVERYONE, those who were winning and those who were losing, lose EVERYTHING, then people will learn what the cashless society REALLY MEANS.

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