McDonald’s Monopoly 2024: Return date, prizes and how to boost your chance of winning
MCDONALD’S Monopoly is set to return in 2024 and there have been a few changes.
The annual game is very popular amongst fast-food fans and people have been wondering how long they have to try and collect the McDonald’s Monopoly stickers.
The fast food promotion has confirmed the popular game will be back for customers next week.
Among the top prizes this year is £100,000 in cash for five winners and there will be 2,000 “gold cards”, which give you a free Maccies meal a week for a year.
Below, we reveal exactly when it’s back and exactly what prizes are on offer.
We also list the tricks and tips you can employ to make sure you’re more likely to win a prize when playing the game.
When is Monopoly returning?
The popular sticker-based game is set to return on Wednesday, September 4.
It, as in previous years, the competition will run for six weeks.
This means it will likely end at 11.59pm on October 16.
That means you only have until then to pick up the coveted prizes.
Full list of Monopoly prizes 2024:
Collect to Win prizes
If you get multiple stickers, you can try to collect property sets that will put you in line to win some big prizes.
- £100k cash
- Mini electric car
- £2k Jet2holiday
- Merlin annual pass
- JBL Audio Bundle
- Hisense TV + Soundbar from Currys
- £100 Virgin Experience Day
- Medium Extra Value Meal
- £200 train credit with TrainPal
Instant win prizes
Peel off the sticker you get when you buy a McDonald’s item to see if you have won an instant prize.
- £2k Jet2holiday
- Merlin Annual Pass
- £1,000 Cash
- JBL Audio Bundle
- JYSK £500 Homeware Spend
- JustPark £250 Parking Spend
- Two Night Best Western Stay
- £200 for Passing GO!
- JBL Gaming Headset
- JBL Wireless Earbuds
- £50 Cash
- £50 Prezzee eGift Card
- Moonpig Bouquet of Flowers
- £25 Glow Hub eGift Card
- Pair of Cinema Tickets
- Wrappz Personalised Phone Case
- JustPark £5 Parking Spend
- McDonald’s Exclusive Merchandise
- McDonald’s Socks
- McDonald’s Bean Bag
- McDonald’s Key Ring
- £70 off Jet2holidays
- 25% off Merlin Annual Pass
- Readly 3-Month Digital Magazine & Newspaper Subscription
- WithU Fitness App 3-Month Trial
- 30% off JBL Audio
- 20% off Best Western Hotels
- Photobox Photo Calendar
- £10 off Moonpig Flowers
- £10 off Virgin Experiences
- 25% off Glow Hub
- £5 off a Personalised Phone Case at wrappz.com
- 10% off Train Tickets with TrainPal Group
Digital Peel Game prizes
Look for a code on your online game piece to get the chance to take home some prizes.
- £5 Cash
- £10 Cash
- £20 Cash
- £50 Cash
- £100 Cash
- £100,000 Cash
- Mini Electric Car
- £2K Jet2holidayje
- Merlin Annual Pass
- JBL Audio Bundle
- £200 Train Credit with TrainPal
- Hisense TV + Soundbar from Currys
- £100 Virgin Experience Day
- Medium Extra Value Meal
- McDonald’s Gold Card
- £50 Footasylum eGift Card
- £10 CeX Voucher
- MONOPOLY Deal Card Game
- JustPark £5 Parking Spend
- McDonald’s Exclusive Merchandise
- McDonald’s Neon Light
- McDonald’s Mobile Phone Wallet
- McDonald’s Air Freshener
- £70 off Jet2holidays
- WithU Fitness App 3-Month Trial
- Readly 3-Month Digital Magazine & Newspaper Subscription
- 30% off JBL Audio
- Photobox Canvas Print
- Photobox Photo Calendar
- 20% off Footasylum
- 15% off Footasylum
- 20% off Virgin Experiences
- Moonpig Card
- 10% off Train Tickets with TrainPal Group
How does McDonald's Monopoly work?
PLAYERS who take part in Monopoly can collect stickers from their food packaging that represent train stations or colour co-ordinated road names - much like the classic game.
However, not all menu items are worth the same amount, and this determines how you redeem a prize.
For example, instant win food prizes can be redeemed at any McDonald’s branch by handing the token over at the counter when you order.
You’ll need to hand the game pieces over to a member of staff when you collect your meal.
To find your nearest store, visit www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/restaurant-locator.html.
But if you’ve got a winning token or code, you may need to provide some of your personal details to be able to redeem it, such as your date of birth, email address and phone number.
You will then be asked to choose how you want to receive your winnings, which will be either via email or delivery.
There’s also a chance you’ll get an app play code to collect. This will be clear when you peel off the sticker.
You’ll need to have the app to enter the code and see if you’ve won a prize.
It’s free to download the app either from the Google Android or iPhone app stores.
How to boost your chances of winning McDonald’s Monopoly
Choose your food wisely
To win prizes in McDonald’s Monopoly you need to check the game pieces on menu items.
Not all menu items are worth the same amount though.
Some food and drinks have up to three game pieces, some have two and others have zero.
Here are the menu items that come with stickers:
- 0.4 & 0.5 Cold Cups
- Medium & Large Fries
- 3 & 5 Chicken Selects
- Philly Cheese Stack
- Chicken Big Mac
- Large Salad Tray
- Cheese Sharebox
- McPlant
- McSpicy
- McCrispy
- Mozzarella Dipper Bag
- 0.3 & 0.4 Blended Ice
- Galaxy McFlurry
- Twix McFlurry
- Deli Wraps
- Veggie Wraps
You need to choose one of the main items above in a meal and choose one of the sides and a drink, and each will come with three tokens.
Unfortunately, faves like original McNuggets and Big Macs don’t come with any pieces and never have in McDonald’s Monopoly.
Swap fries for a healthy side
While the fast food chain is well known for its fries, you can increase your chances of winning by avoiding the classic.
The sides of salad, veg or fruit bag which you can have as part of a meal come in three pieces.
Fries however come with only two game pieces in a meal.
Campaigners slammed Maccies in previous years for encouraging unhealthy choices which led to a shake-up.
In 2019 (the last time the game ran) the pieces were added to the fruit, veg and salad products for the first time.
Play online games at quiet times
Game pieces come with a code to play games on the app, but you might want to avoid lunch and dinner time.
There are two cash prizes up for grabs per minute and non-cash prizes are “allocated across the hours in that day at random subject to due weighting to take account of anticipated rates of game-play at different times of the day” according to the rules.
In other words, the more people playing the less chance there is to win, so play at less busy times.
Try wombling
Many people won’t be playing the Monopoly game or even bother to check the pieces they have, according to MoneySavingExpert.com.
If you spot empty packets or cups on tables, it’s worth checking to see if there is a tile you can use.
This practice is known as “wombling”, though it’s not always approved by companies, but millions of people do it across the country.
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