This change has ended the problem of running out of cash during a game, a frustrating experience that Hasbro had previously addressed by suggesting that people ‘make their own’ cash out of paper. In January 2022, this was increased again to a total of $118,660. This change made the Monopoly money distribution universal across the globe, bringing the United States in line with the United Kingdom, which has always used just 16 notes for each player at the start of the game.Īt the same time, the total amount of money in each Monopoly game was increased from $15,140 to $20,580. This was then reduced to just 16 notes being needed, as more $100 bills were included in place of the smaller banknotes. Why did the Monopoly money distribution change in the US?īefore September 2008, US Monopoly games used to have a different Monopoly money distribution, with 27 banknotes used to make up the $1,500 per player starting money. It doesn’t matter too much, as however you give out the money, the main thing to concern yourself with is that it adds up to $1,500. If your Monopoly set was made in the United States before September 2008, then you will have a slightly different distribution of money listed in the official rules.įor older Monopoly sets, the money was distributed as 2 x $500, 2 x $100, 2 x $50, 6 x $20, 5 x $10, 5 x $5 and 5 x $1 bills.
