Introduction
Take a Chance, win Here & Now!
The world has changed amazingly since the 1930's when Monopoly was
first created. What would Monopoly look like if it were invented
today?
Score property deeds to earn apartments and hotels on modern day
properties including Hammersmith, Saville Row and Kensington Palace
Gardens.
Choose from a range of new game pieces including a mobile phone,
roller blade or even a cheeseburger!
Make your way around the Board Bonus, land on Free Parking and win
one of the bonus jackpots!
Monopoly Here & Now is a 20-payline slot game celebrating 70
years of the world's most popular board game.
Now you can own it all with Monopoly Here & Now!
How To Bet
Monopoly Here & Now has 20 paylines. You can bet 1-5 credits
on each payline.
The player controls are located at the bottom of the screen.
In the LINE BET box, you see your current bet per
line. Click on the left arrow (with a minus sign) to decrease your
bet per line by one. Click on the right arrow (with a plus sign) to
increase your bet per line by one.
Click the MAX BET button to bet the maximum, which
are 5 credits on each payline. If you have fewer than 100 credits,
MAX BET bets all of your remaining credits.
Click the PLAY button to spin the reels.
If you do not want to bet on all 20 paylines, you can use the
LINES control to change the number of paylines you are
playing. In the LINES box, you see the current number
of paylines you are playing. Click on the left arrow (with a minus
sign) to decrease the number of paylines you are playing. Click on
the right arrow (with a plus sign) to increase the number of
paylines you are playing. Using these controls you can play either
1, 5, 10, 15, or 20 paylines.
Playing Monopoly Here and Now
In your quest to own it all, spin the reels to help build
apartments and hotels on properties, and boost the Free Parking
Bonus.
Deeds
As you play Monopoly Here & Now, symbols with property deed
sub-symbols may appear on the first three reels. When three such
symbols land on an active payline, Mr. Monopoly pulls a random deed
out of his coat, and throws the deed on the board. The
corresponding property earns an upgrade. Your line bet on the
winning sub-symbol line determines how large of an upgrade you
receive on that property - one to four apartments or a hotel.
When a property upgrade is earned, one of the unimproved
properties is randomly chosen to earn that upgrade. In the case
where all properties have been upgraded, Mr. Monopoly randomly
chooses one of the already upgraded properties to receive more
apartments or another hotel.
1 credit = 1 Apartment
2 credits = 2 Apartments
3 credits = 3 Apartments
4 credits = 4 Apartments
5 credits = 1 Hotel
Free Parking Jackpot
In the upper left corner of the screen are the Free Parking Bonus
meters. The last three reels have yellow, orange and red Free
Parking symbols that increment the bonus meters with the amount
shown on the symbol. The value on each Free Parking symbol is based
upon your bet size. The bigger your bet, the bigger the meter
increment.
The first time you play Monopoly Here & Now, the Free Parking
meters start at 100, 200 and 500, respectively. If the payline that
first activates the Board Bonus has 2 or more credits, additional
credits add to the Jackpot Accumulator. This one-time boost
corrects the original reset amount to be commensurate with your
bonus-winning bet.
Board Bonus
When three Board Bonus dice symbols land on an active payline,
choose a pair of dice to determine how many times you get to roll
the dice in the Board Bonus.
Land on properties in the Board Bonus to get paid the value of the
property and any property upgrades. Properties retain their value
and property upgrades until the current Board Bonus round ends.
Land on Free Parking and you're going to the Free Parking
Bonus!
Free Parking Jackpot
Landing on Free Parking in the Board Bonus gives you the chance to
win one of the Free Parking Bonus jackpots. Spin the wheel to
determine which colour car moves forward towards its meter. The
first car to move forward three times and reach its meter earns you
the corresponding jackpot.
After a jackpot is won, only its meter is reset based on the line
bet that triggered the Board Bonus. During the same Board Bonus
round you can win more than one Free Parking jackpot by landing on
Free parking again. The other Free Parking meters retain their
value until they are won or the bonus ends. Similarly, all meters
reset based on that line bet upon returning to the 5-reel game from
the Board Bonus.
Go To Jail
If you land on Go To Jail or receive a Go To Jail card from
Community Chest, you go directly to Jail without passing GO. If you
land in Jail on your last roll of the dice, the bonus ends. If you
land in Jail with dice rolls remaining, you have up to three
chances to roll doubles in order to escape, depending upon how many
total rolls you have left. Each dice roll within Jail reduces your
total number of rolls. If you run out of rolls before escaping from
Jail, your Board Bonus ends at that point. If you succeed in
rolling doubles, your piece moves that number of spaces starting
from Just Visiting. If you do not roll doubles within three rolls,
your piece is moved to Just Visiting. If you have rolls remaining,
you may continue rolling and moving around the board.
Landing on GO
If you land on GO you earn one extra roll.
Landing on Chance or Community Chest
If you land on Chance or Community Chest, a corresponding card is
randomly drawn. A given card can move your game piece, or reward
you with an extra roll or additional credits.
As you make your way around the board you might land on the same
property twice or even get to play the Free Parking Bonus
again!
Leaving the Board Bonus
When you've completed your rolls and exited the Board Bonus, all
apartments and hotels are removed, and the Free Parking meters are
reset proportional to the bet size on the pay line that triggered
the bonus.
Persistent Equity
If you end a Monopoly Here & Now play session with property
upgrades on the Board Bonus or extra money in the Free Parking
Bonus meters, this equity remains available until you return to the
game at the same denomination.
Gamble
After any award less than 3000 credits, you have the opportunity
to Gamble your win in a completely fair round of double or
nothing.
Click the GAMBLE button after a win to gamble an
award. A deck of Gamble cards appears which always contains an
equal number of red and black aces. Click RED or
BLACK to guess which colour ace will appear next. If
the colour you predicted is revealed, then your gambled money is
doubled! If the other colour is revealed, then your Gamble bet is
forfeited and the Gamble round is concluded.
Click the TAKE HALF button to deposit half of your
winnings back into your main balance, leaving the other half
available for further gambling. You can click TAKE
HALF once before each Gamble try.
Click the TAKE WIN button to collect all of your
winnings in play and end the Gamble round.
If you win 5 gambles in a row within the same Gamble round, or if
your Gamble award reaches 3000 or higher, your Gamble round
automatically ends.
With the deck of cards you have a 50:50 chance of revealing either
a red or black ace with every choice. Though the history of the
last fourteen outcomes (red, black) is also provided, each card
chosen is completely independent.
Options
Clicking the OPTIONS button allows you to customise
the GRAPHICS QUALITY of the game. You may want to adjust the
quality of the graphics to get the optimal animation performance on
your computer. In BEST mode, the graphics look the best, but
performance may suffer. The HIGH (default) and MEDIUM settings
lower the quality but increase performance. In LOW mode, the
graphics are degraded, but the smoothest animation performance is
achieved even on slower computers.
Rules
Malfunction voids all pays and plays.
All payline wins occur on bet lines only.
Only highest winner paid on each payline.
Only one award paid per payline.
Coinciding wins on different paylines are added.
Awards are shown in credits.
Additional Information
The Game Console on the right side of every game provides
information and access to additional features:
- Your username
- Your current balance in your chosen currency
- Your total number of credits
- The denomination in which the game is being played. This
represents the value of each credit.
The Meter Bar on the bottom of the game screen displays the
denomination in which the game is being played, the number of
credits paid if a win occurred, and the number of credits bet on
the last/current proposition.
Monopoly is a registered trademark. © 2006 Hasbro Inc. All rights
reserved. Distributed in the United Kingdom by Waddington Games,
Caswell Way Newport, Gwent NP9 0YH.