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Monopoly kaMcDonald waqala kancinci ngaphakathi Ngo-1987 kwaye ngokukhawuleza walithatha ilizwe ngoqhwithela. Kunyaka wokuqala, umdlalo waqhayisa $ 40 yezigidi kumabhaso kwaye yaqhubeka ikhula njengoko abantu bebevuya ngakumbi ngumdlalo. Kwakanye, yayikho ngenene inyaniso kwintengiso - abantu bathontelana ukuya kwi Iingqameko zegolide ukufumana ithuba lokuphumelela amabhaso amahle ngokuthenga ukutya (emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kungcono kunesona sizathu sokonwabela isidlo sasemini esikhawulezayo?), Ke ngoko uMcDonald ugcine umncintiswano ubuya. Ayisiyokubaxa into xa usithi wena okanye umntu omaziyo unebhodi egcweleyo- ngaphandle ngamaqhekeza okuphumelela. Babephi?

Ewe ... iyajika yonke loo miyalelo ikhulu kakhulu ukunyusa umvuzo wakho weMonopoly yayiyilize. Ngaphandle kwento ebonakala ngathi yinkqubo yentsimbi efihliweyo yokugcina umdlalo usemthethweni, wawulungiswe ngaphezulu kwe Unyulo lwaseNyakatho Korea . Kungakhathaliseki ukuba kubonakala ngathi iimeko ezibhengeziweyo zazibi kakhulu. Amathuba okwenyani kwamanye amabhaso yayiyi-25,000 ukuya kwi-zero-indoda enye ilawula onke amaqhekeza aphumeleleyo, kwaye kwinkqubo ebanzi (kodwa ethobekileyo) wayikhupha iziqwenga zomdlalo ophumeleleyo njengemali yeMonopoly.

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Irhamncwa lemihla ngemihla Ucacise eli bali ngokweenkcukacha ngoJulayi 2018, kwaye zininzi izinto ezijijekileyo kwaye ziya kushiya intloko yakho ijikeleza kangangeentsuku. Iqala ngoJerry Jacobson, owayehlala efuna ukuba lipolisa, kwaye ekugqibeleni wenza njalo. Ngelishwa, ukonzakala komkhuhlane kunye nengxaki yonyango enqabileyo kunqumle umsebenzi wakhe wobupolisa. Emva kokufuduka esuka eFlorida esiya eGeorgia, ekugqibeleni wafumana umsebenzi wokhuselo eSimon Marketing - wayemkhulu emsebenzini wakhe kangangokuba uSimon Marketing wamqesha ngokuthe ngqo kwaye wambeka ukuba abeke esweni ukhuseleko lokongamela omnye wabathengi babo ababalaseleyo, iMcDonald's, kunye nokhuphiswano lwabo iziqwenga zomdlalo.

UJacobson wayenegunya kuwo onke amaqhekeza, kwaye wayebeke esweni ukusasazwa kwawo - ukuya ezantsi ukusika iziqwenga ezinkulu eziphumeleleyo kumatshini wazo wokushicilela, ukuzifaka kwiimvulophu ezitywiniweyo nokuzisasaza ngokwakhe. UJacobson wenza imali entle, kodwa wayehlala efuna indlela yokufumana imali ngokukhawuleza. Uzamile ukufumana abahlobo kunye nabantu abasebenza naye ukuba 'batyale imali' kunye naye, esithi ufuna abantu abali-10 ukuze afumane ubutyebi. Ukuba oko kuvakala ngathi sisikimu sepiramidi kungenxa yokuba yi . Kodwa endaweni yokulinda i-10 suckers ukuba iphose imali, uJacobson uthathe isigqibo sokwenza ngendlela elula -bamba iziqwenga eziphumeleleyo.

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UJacobson akakwazanga kakuhle ukuthatha nje umdlalo ophumeleleyo kwaye enze ngathi ukhuphe ibhaso likaMcDonald ngokwakhe-ibingu-1989 kodwa ii-80s zazingekho lonto ngasemva. Endaweni yoko, uJacobson uthathe i-25,000 yeedola ephumeleleyo wayinika umntakwabo-nyani uMarvin Braun eFlorida. Kutheni ubuza? Ngokwe- Irhamncwa lemihla ngemihla , UJacobson uxelele amapolisa ngokulula, 'ukubona ukuba ndingayenza na.' Ngaphandle koqhagamshelo losapho, akukho namnye kwaMcDonald's owabeka amabini kunye amabini kunye kwaye esi siqwenga siphumeleleyo sachithwa kungakhange kubuzwe mibuzo.

U-Jacobson kamva walithethelela eli nyathelo (kunye nobunye ubuqhetseba) ngento awayeyibonile ngo-1995, etyholwa. Ubanga ukuba wazibonela ngokukhetha okukhethiweyo indawo yokuhambisa yaseCanada ukukhupha amabhaso, kuphela ukuba abaphathi bakhe baphinde benze umzobo ongakhethiyo bade bafike kwindawo yaseMelika. Engqondweni kaJacobson ethethelela isenzo sakhe, kuba ukuba iCanada izakufakwa, wonke umntu eMntla Melika kufuneka (okanye into elolo hlobo). Uye wathatha amaxwebhu ukungqina iyelenqe ngokuchasene nomhlaba ka-Anne Murray kunye ne-Nickelback. Mhlawumbi wayelibele malunga nento yokuba wanikela umdlalo ophumeleleyo kumntakwabo-nyana wakhe kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo xa wayesenza izizathu.

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Ekupheleni kuka-1995, uTammie Murphy wenza umsebenzi wakhe wesiqhelo kuvulwa iileta zeminikelo ithunyelwe kwisibhedlele i-Dallas St. Jude's Research Hospital, ihlela ngeposi ye-junk yeminikelo esemthethweni. Uphantse waphosa into awayecinga ukuba yi-junk mail emgqomeni xa kukho into ethi yamtsala - amagama 'Ophumeleleyo kwangoko.' Umntu othile wayethumele isibhedlele isiqwenga somdlalo we-McDonald's Monopoly.

Isiganeko esenze iindaba zikazwelonke, kwaye ixesha likaMcDonald's alinakuba ngcono, uphawu lwasemva luveze umhla we-24 kaNovemba-umhla olandelayo emva kokubulela kwaye Ngomhla emva kokuba umdlalo weMonopoly uqale. Oko kwakuthetha ukuba bakufumene oku kuluntu njengoko ukhuphiswano lwaqala. Ngubani onokuba nentliziyo entle kangaka ukuba enze umnikelo? Zolile, ibiyinyani UJacobson ngokwakhe . Ngaphandle koku (isilumkiso sokuphanga) le nto iqhuma ebusweni bakhe, uSt.UYuda wenze njalo gcina imali . IiArches zegolide zazingaziziseli ukuze zithathe imali kude nesisa.

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UJacobson wenze umsebenzi owaneleyo wokusasaza amatikiti okomzuzwana - unosilarha wakhe wasebenza njengomntu ophakathi kukhuphiswano oluthile, noJacobson efumana imali yakhe yokunika abaphumeleleyo. Ngo-1995, unosilarha wathembisa udade wabo ibhaso, kodwa wazigcinela lona ubanga ibhaso . UJacobson wayesazi ukuba ukusondela kwakungazukubonakala kulungile, ke ke wagqiba kwelokuba akhangele umntu oza kubaxhasa. Ngethamsanqa elimsulwa, wadibana nalo mntu ngethuba kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.

UGennaro (Jerry) Colombo, ongowokuzalwa nguSicilian owayesenza yonke into njengomntu ovela kwi-movie, wakhanyisa ingxowa yemali kuJacobson kwaye waziqhayisa ngobuchule bakhe bokungcakaza kunye nosapho oludumileyo lolwaphulo-mthetho. UJacobson uphendule ngokulingana no-1995 'bamba ibhiya yam' kwaye waziqhayisa ngendlela awalawula ngayo onke amabhaso aphumeleleyo kulo lonke ukhuphiswano nakubani na obakhathaleleyo. Ngale nto, uColombo wayekuyo-waze 'waphumelela' iDodge Viper kwakuloo nyaka kwaye ngokuthozamileyo wavela kurhwebo lwelizwe oluphumeleleyo abaphumeleleyo.

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Ngelishwa kuJacobson, uJerry Colombo wayengasebenzisi unxibelelwano lwehlokondiba ukuthengisa iziqwenga zomdlalo ophumeleleyo-wafaka umfazi wakhe URobin (ukwazisa uJacobson njengo 'Malume uJerry') kwaye wasebenzisa usapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe njengabaphumeleleyo, kunye nabo bonke 'abaphumeleleyo' benika uMalume uJerry isiqwenga somvuzo wabo. Utata wakhe uWilliam Fisher waya eNew Hampshire esuka ekhayeni lakhe iJacksonville, eFlorida ukuya 'kuphumelela' i-1 yezigidi zeedola ngo-1996.

Ngonyaka we-1997 wabona umhlobo kaRobin uGloria Brown ebanga ibhaso elikhulu lezigidi zeerandi- yona kwenzeke ukufumana kwibhokisi yefry ngelixa wayecoca imoto yakhe, eHilton Head. UBrown wanika isicatshulwa kwintatheli , esithi, 'andikaze ndiphuphe kwisigidi seminyaka oku kunokwenzeka kum.' Ukuba 'ngale' wayethetha ukuba umntu othile angamnika itikiti eliphumeleleyo ukuba isiqingatha semali Waxutywa wabuyela kubo, ewe, eso sicatshulwa sichanekile ngeepesenti ezili-100.

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Izinto zatshintsha nyani ngo-1998 ukusweleka kukaJerry Colombo. Ekugqibeleni uJacobson wadibana noNoah D. 'Dwight' Baker kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uLinda Baker - UDwight wayengumakhi wezindlu waseMormon othengise imihlaba emibini kaJacobson. Ababhaki babenamaphupha amakhulu angakhange aphelelwe ngamandla, kwaye, ngokuka Ijenali yaseAtlanta kunye noMgaqo-siseko (nge IiMormon Namhlanje ) babenzulu ematyaleni. Umtsalane wokhuphiswano ubaphumelele, kwaye banceda uJacobson afumane ubuncinci abane 'abaphumeleleyo' kobuqhetseba bakhe.

Kungekudala, umntu ongaphakathi wazisa iofisi ye-FBI yaseJacksonville ukuba 'uMalume uJerry' wayenakho ukufikelela kwezona ziqwenga zomdlalo kaMcDonald kwaye ukhuphiswano lonke lwaluyi-lark. I-FBI yaqala ukukroba, ngequbuliso, yonke into yatyhilwa.

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Ijegi kaMalume uJerry yayiphezulu; i-FBI ifumanise ukuba uJacobson noMalume uJerry babenye, kwaye baseta uthotho lwemisebenzi yokuhlaba ukuvala umnatha. Umsebenzi obandakanyekayo ukukholisa Umphathi omkhulu kaMcDonald uJack Greenberg ukuqhuba ukhuphiswano kwakhona. Ngokusekwe kulwazi oluqokelelwe kwiifowuni kunye nokubekwa kweliso, i-FBI yafumana ulwazi oluqulathe igama le- $ 1 yezigidi eziphumeleleyo. Xa uMcDonald wabazisa ngoJulayi 30, 2001 ukuba umntu othile ubanga ibhaso, i-FBI yayisele isazi ukuba ophumeleleyo yayiza kuba nguJohn Davis, waseGranbury, eTexas. Babenomntu wabo.

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Umbuzo osengqiqweni ukubuzwa ngoku ngulo, 'Kutheni undixelela oku ngoku? Kutheni ungandixelelanga lento ngo-2001? ' Lowo ngumbuzo olungileyo.

I-FBI yenziwa njengeqela labasebenzi bekhamera kwaye yaqhuba uthotho 'lodliwanondlebe olungelulo olokwenyani' lokuthatha inxaxheba kubathathi-nxaxheba phantsi kwesikhalazo sokuba bayila iividiyo zonyuselo zikaMcDonald's. Benza udliwanondlebe olungeyonyani noMichael Hoover (ophumelele ngethamsanqa waqeshwa ngomnye wabahlobo bakaJacobson) Nge-3 ka-Agasti 2001 kwaye ndimamele eyakhe eneenkcukacha kakhulu Ibali lendlela 'aphumelele ngayo' Nge-21 ka-Agasti, i-FBI yabanjwa abasibhozo abenza iyelenqe , kubandakanya inkokheli yomsesane 'uMalume uJerry' Jacobson, kunye neshedyuli ecwangcisiweyo. Ngexesha iindaba zelizwe zibambe ibali, inombolo yesimangalo inyuke yaya kubantu abangama-21 kwaye ndikhule ndibandakanya eminye imidlalo emininzi yamathuba ngeMcDonald's, inenani elipheleleyo $ 13 yezigidi kumabhaso aphumelele ngokungekho mthethweni. Ityala lenkundla laqala ngoSeptemba 10, 2001. Ngosuku olulandelayo yayingumhla we-9-11. Umhlaba utshintshile, kwaye ukuba iBhodiwalk bekungakhange kubonakale kufanelekile.

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Akukho mntu uthathe oku kubi ngaphezu kukaMcDonald's. Ngaphandle kokuba iphumile ezandleni zabo, iigolide Arches babesazi ukuba bafuna i-mea culpa, kwaye ikhawuleze. UJacobson ufumene Iinyanga ezingama-37 entolongweni ulwaphulo-mthetho lwakhe, kodwa uMcDonald uhlawule kakhulu ubuqhetseba- ngokoqobo.

Ngomzamo wokwenza oko kubathengi ababekhohlisiwe ukuba badlale ayinakuphumelela umdlalo, bakhupha $ 10 yezigidi kumabhaso angama-55 kubathengi abangahleliyo kwakamsinya emva kokuba ubuqhetseba buvele. Ngelishwa, abanye abathengi zange baziva ukuba kwanele, kwaye uMcDonald wabethwa ngesimangalo esivela kubathengi ababini abathi ukuphana okungahleliwe kuye kwayinceda indawo yokutyela uninzi lwazo zonke.

Ngenxa yoko, uMickey D wakhupha ngakumbi nangakumbi imali ngo-2004 ngaphandle kokunyuswa konke konke. Ngaphezulu kwekhosi ye kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa , Abaphengululi bakaMcDonald banike ezinye iidola ezili-15 zeedola kubathengi abangahleliyo abathe bafika bahlala kwindawo elungileyo, ngexesha elifanelekileyo, ngeBhaso labo elikhawulezileyo. U-Erika Mendez waya eMcDonald's ukuyokufumana ii-cheeseburger ezimbini, akukho anyanisi kwaye waphuma nge-1 yezigidi zeedola. Kwaye, uMcDonald uzijonga njengezikwere kubugebenga obukhulu beMonopoly.

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Kwenzeka into ehlekisayo endleleni eya kwityala. UStanley Warwick 'uphumelele' ibhaso le- $ 1 yezigidi kukhuphiswano lwe-Monopoly ka-1999. Emva koko wabela umfazi wakhe uNahomi ibhaso- $ 50,000 ngonyaka kangangeminyaka engama-20. Isimangalo sango-2001 samthiya njengelenqe, kodwa wasweleka Ngo-2003 kwaye akazange afunyaniswe enetyala. Okwangoku uMcDonald uyekile ukwenza iintlawulo emva kwentlawulo yesithathu, nje ukuba ubuqhetseba butyhiliwe. UNahomi wafaka ityala ngokuchasene noMcDonald's ngaphezulu kwe- $ 2 yezigidi ngo-2005- i-1.3 yezigidi zeedola yayizezomonakalo kunye neefizi zomthetho, kunye ne- $ 850,000 yokugubungela 'i-winnings' awayengekayifumani. Akukho lwazi luninzi lufumanekayo malunga nokuba liphume kanjani elo tyala- okanye ukuba lenziwe na enkundleni. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe, nangona kunjalo, ukuba igqwetha lakhe, ongasekhoyo u-John C. Ambrose, akadwelisi tyala lakhe ukubetha okukhulu Yoloyiso ... ke kukho loo nto.

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Akukho nto ishiyekileyo kwisikhalazo esikhulu sikaMcDonald's Monopoly ukuyityhila, ngaphandle kwento eye yehlisa lonke eli cebo: Ngubani owahlula uJacobson? URobin Colombo uyakholelwa kuye Abantu basebukhweni Bebesemva kwencam - emva kokusweleka komyeni wakhe ubanga ukuba zange bamxolele ngengozi (wayeqhuba) kwaye ibiyimbuyekezo nje leyo. Oko kwenza ibali elilungileyo, kodwa indibano kaJacobson ikhule kakhulu kangangokuba ibinokuba njalo nabani na oye wacima i-FBI. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo zazikho izikhokelo ezibonisa umntu ngaphakathi.

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I-FBI ifumene okungcono nonspecific Ingcebiso-ithi nje onke amabhaso aya kwiqela elincinci labantu. Oko kukhokelele ekufumanekeni kuka-'Malume uJerry, 'okhokelele kuJacobson. Ekugqibeleni incam yayingabalulekanga kangako; Ngo-2000 ukwabiwa kwamabhaso kwakungathethekiyo yayingumbandela wexesha phambi kokuba bonke baye ngqo ejele.

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UMcDonald's ubuyisele umdlalo weMonopoly ngaphakathi Ngo-2003 emva kwekhefu elifutshane- kwaye abathengi mhlawumbi bonwabile babenethuba lokwenyani lokuwina kube kanye. Ekugqibeleni nangona kunjalo, bagqibe kwelokuba lixesha lokuba baqale ukudibanisa izinto. Ngo-2015, uMcDonald wakhutshwa Ixesha lomdlalo weGolide - eyayiliMonopoly nje kunye namaqela ebhola ekhatywayo. Ukuba uyayikhumbula loo nto, yeyentengiso ye-quirky eyayinabadlali bebhola ekhatywayo abadla umhlala-phantsi lwenkohlakalo ye izitha zabo . Ngaba akusayi kukhala intsimbi? Ngokuchanekileyo. Kwaye kuphela kwemidlalo emininzi kunye ne-sweepstakes eye yakhutshwa ngegolide iArches kule minyaka idlulileyo, kodwa akukho namnye kubo onamandla afanayo okuhlala.

Ngaphandle kwempikiswano ejikeleze ubuqhetseba, akuzange kubekho enye McDonald's Umdlalo abathengi abawuthandayo kakhulu njengoMonopoli. Bawuhlaziyile umdlalo, bewenza ukuba udlalwe kwii -apps nakwi-intanethi, kodwa usenakho ukufumana iphepha elidala elilungileyo lephepha leMonopoly ukuba ubuza kakuhle kwi-cashier.

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Ngebali elingenakukholelwa njengale, kuya kufuneka ukuba ibe ngumdlalo bhanyabhanya, akunjalo? IHollywood ibicinga njalo nayo. Ngoku ka Umhla wokugqibela , emva kokuba i-FOX iphumelele imfazwe enqabileyo yokubhida phakathi kwee studio, uPaul Wernick noRhett Reese, ababhali abalandela Ipuli efile I-franchise, iya kubeka umnwe-kwikhibhodi kwaye ize neskripthi esisekwe kwi Irhamncwa lemihla ngemihla ibali, nge UBen Affleck Cwangcisa ukuqondisa kunye noMat Damon. U-Affleck noDamon banembali ende kunye, abathandanayo babuyela ngaphambi kweentsuku zabo zoluhlu lwe-A, ke ngoko kukho amandla amaninzi eenkwenkwezi ngasemva kwesi sithuthi. Yiyo iHollywood, ugwayimbo ngelixa isinyithi sishushu. Ukuba ubungalazi ibali, ubungayi kucinga ukuba liyinyani. Kodwa ngandlela thile konke kwenzeka, kwaye ekuphela kwento eyaye yaphuma kakubi kukunxiba yayinguMcDonald's - kwaye mhlawumbi bonke abantu abalusizi ekufuneka babuyisele imali kunye neemoto zabo.

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