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19 year old Bjorn Halvard said on Thursday when he won the World Monopoly championship that
he could not believe it that he just won the tournament. On one hand, he was not able to make ends meet. One the other hand now, he can pay his rent for a good two years with the money he won. He won around 21,000 dollars on Thursday. You would think that monopoly is a game played with family and friends for fun but in Las Vegas, it is played for some real money instead of the fake one you use in the game. All he had to bring to the tournament was 1500 dollars for the admission fee and go to his table and he ended up winning the tournament. This event took place in Las Vegas and on 10/22/09.
This is news because it is oddity. Because of this event, a teenager has something to put on his resume and won 21,000 dollars. This is going to affect Bjorn or the person who won the weirdest tournament which is based on a board game. I don't believe that this will affect a large population because it is a tournament and tournaments only affect the people who won them. What makes this event important is that someone who knew how to play one board game really well ended up winning the real deal in las Vegas with what ever little money he had.
I believe that this tournament was a fun and creative idea because when i play monopoly with my family, i always wonder whether it could be played for real money and that is what happened in this case. I never imagined that people could actually do this and make monopoly into an actual betting game in Las Vegas. I think that it is a fantastic idea and they should do that with more board games like scrabble or yahztee.
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