It’s baaaack!
Shoppers at Albertsons-owned grocery stores across the country are setting up their game boards and collecting tickets, as the tenth annual edition of the ever-popular Monopoly Collect & Win game gets under way beginning today.
And this year, despite the mind-boggling, nearly-insurmountable odds – you might actually win a million dollars. Because somebody will. As many as two somebodies, in fact.
The 2018 edition of the game will be played from now through May 8th at more than 2,000 stores, including Albertsons, Safeway, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Vons, Pavilions, ACME, Jewel-Osco, United Supermarkets, Shaw’s, Star Market and several smaller, regional stores also owned by the same company (though once again, Haggen – which became a rather reluctant Albertsons acquisition a couple of years ago – will not be participating).
This year, Albertsons has upped the ante once again, boosting the total pot of prizes from last year’s $200 million to an impressive $250 million. It’s all the more impressive when you consider that the total amount up for grabs in the first contest back in 2009 was just $8 million.
If you’re not familiar with how it works, you earn a free game piece for every in-store purchase you make, and you can earn bonus pieces for buying specially-promoted products. Each piece corresponds to a space on a standard Monopoly board. Collect all of the pieces in a color group on the board, and you win the corresponding prize. There are also lots of instant-winners available in case you don’t get a major prize.
And chances are good you’ll get some instant winners. More than 112 million tickets will award free grocery products – 131 different ones, valued between 46¢ and $24.99.
But it’s the million bucks you’re really after, isn’t it?
The good news is that someone is guaranteed to become a millionaire by the time it’s all over. There are two million-dollar top prizes available, plus four “million-dollar vacation homes”. Both are paid out as 30-year cash annuities, so they’re essentially the same prize – a million bucks. If nobody claims one of the six top prizes, there will be a guaranteed “second chance” drawing for two million-dollar winners.
That’s how April Carrington of Dorchester, Massachusetts earned her million dollars. There was only one guaranteed second-chance winner last year, and she won it. Her local Star Market handed her a giant check last June to celebrate her big win.
“When the Monopoly game begins in February, anticipation for this day builds,” Star Market Vice President and General Manager Joe Kelley said at the time. “We are so thrilled that April, a Star Market customer from Dorchester, was selected from more than 164 million entries and has won the $1 million dollar prize.”
So she’s luckier than most. Because you have to be awfully darned lucky to win the grand prize by playing the game itself without waiting for a “second chance”.
The odds of winning, as always, are pretty bewildering. In one try, your chances of getting one of the “rare” pieces needed to win the million-dollar top prize are 1 in 625,000,000. But you also need a semi-rare piece, which you have a 1 in 5,000 chance of finding. Together then, with two game tickets, you have a one in 3.125 trillion chance of winning.
That’s about ten thousand times more difficult than winning the Powerball jackpot.
But we’ll spare you the annual litany of “things that are more likely to happen to you than winning a million dollars by playing Albertsons Monopoly” (such as getting hit by lightning, on a golf course, while hitting a hole-in-one, with a winning Powerball ticket in your pocket). Instead, let’s look on the bright side and consider some things that are are less likely to happen to you than winning this game –
You have a 1 in 182 trillion chance of getting hit by a meteor. You have a 1 in 9 quintillion chance of filling out a perfect NCAA bracket. And your chances of randomly shuffling a deck of cards into perfect, sequential order is 1 in 100,000 vigintillion (that’s a one followed by 68 zeroes. Which is a lot.)
Kind of makes winning that million dollars seem like a piece of cake in comparison now, doesn’t it? Besides, your odds get better the more you play. And if you find one of those rare pieces, chances are good you can make a deal with someone who has a semi-rare piece.
So it can’t hurt to try. A certain Star Market shopper in Dorchester, Massachusetts would no doubt agree.
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List of codes needed Below. i am ready to split the prices text me on (602-529-1655) . lets make this deal happen!
110BB
116BH
108AH
203YB
206YE
207ZA
209ZC
200XE
220CA
213AB
179SC
189VD
181TA
182TB
190VD
193WC
194WD
199XD
Ive noticed you don’t have on your list, one of my missing numbers, 218BC. Is this a misprint, cuz I have the other 3. Reply gelamy6@gmail.com
Thanks
Hello! I’m looking for anyone who has 2018 game pieces #190, 193, and 203- I have 189, 194, and 206. If someone has all three, that’s $75k, and $37.5k split. I also have many duplicates if anyone needs them, but for the LOVE OF GOD, please stop asking for #108, if by chance someone does get it they aren’t going to come on here and give it away or split 50/50 that’s just too funny, they’ll go to eBay and buy the other 7 pieces for $20. Again, if you have 190, 193, or 203 please call or text me @ 602-526-7615 to discuss further. Thanks and good luck!
I have 200XE, the semi-rare for College Tuition. If anyone has 199XD and would like my semi-rare piece, contact me to discuss at MNM54@comcast.net.
If anyone has 182 for the 100k I am more that willing to put up our 181 so we can reach a deal Jaybeau111@gmail.com
Does anyone have 182TB? E-mail maihawa8@gmail.com
If anyone knows anyone with employee boards, I am looking for piece Z701B. It is either the rare or semi rare for the 100k. I have the other rare/semirare Z700A. I can’t find a list of which it is, but I will split winnings. gotpigs @ g mail.com
Does anyone have 179SC or 173RA? E-mail Bigcliff54@aol.com
I have semi rare tickeTicket # 206YE for prize $10,000 cash. I would l like to sell it. Please text me for a photo of it and to make an offer. 781-866-4133. Thanks.
I have all the pieces for the million, if you have 108AH I would split the prize….you take 90% I take 10%
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Look like 108ah is the lucky piece to find. I have all the piece too except that one. Good luck!
NO BUT I have semi rare
209zc
Your math in this article is idiotic. When you say you have a 1 in 3.125 trillion chance, that is the chance of getting the rare and semi rare piece in one game piece. Not the chances of winning the million dollars. You only have to calculate the chance of the rare piece because by the time you find the rare piece, you also will have found multiple semi rare pieces. Think of it this way: if you went through 325,000,000 pieces, you will find the million dollar winner. By the time you did that, you would have found 65,000 of the semi rare pieces.
Hello, Ihave 181TA Im just looking for 182TB to buy or trade with others. Thanks
I have 182
Hi Kat
You have 182TB ,
Do you want to sell it or split the prize
Do you have 108
Hit me up at maihawa8@gmail.com if you still have 182TB to discuss further.
Hi Kat
Do u still have 182TB
email me at jaybeau111@gmail.com– we do have 181
Anyone have 102AB?
Hi Whitney i have 102AB. Call me 702-684-9803 i do volunteer work so if no answer leave me a message k.
WE REGULAR PLAYERS ALL HAVE 102 AB, 104AD….ETC…NOT RARE….I HAVE 3 OF THEM…IO8AH IS THE RARE ONE BE HAPPY THOUGH 915 226 8147 FOR THE WIZARD…..BE HAPPY ANYWAY
I also have 102 a b you can call or text me at 702-570-3985
Do you have 108AH?
TRILLION TO 1 SHOT…GOOD LUCK…WE ALL NEED THAT BIG ONE…ONLY 2 OUT THERE
I LIKE MILLIONS OF US JUST NEED 108 AH…I HAVE THE REST…BE HAPPY
I have 102AB
Hi Whitney. I have piece 102AB. Call me at 3127717246 to trade or buy.
Sure I need 179SC, 126EB, 164OD, 154MB, and 149LA. If you want to trade or something email me at libraryfriend@gmx.com as soon as possible.
I have rare piece 181TA and the rest of the tickets will split 100k 50/50
please text 708 802- 1327
I have all 4 I need 181TB
This is Angela and I need both pieces.
Hi
If you have 182TB you take 60% & iwill take 40%
I have 181 and am willing to take your offer. jaybeau111@gmail.com
LUCKY YOU…GO FOR THE HAPPY
I just need 108 I’m willing to take less then half so if you have the 108 please text me # 12085207496
I need 108AH as well. ????
Do you still have 108ah?
I need 108AH too.
I also need the following:
207ZA “Family Vacation”
164OD “$1,000 Cash”
159NC “$1,000 Gift card”
154MB “Weekend Getaway”
149LA “Laptop Computer”
145KA “$500 Gift card”
144JD “$300 Spa Day”
138HB “$200 Family picnic”
135GC “$200 Cash”
132FD “$100 Grocery gift card”
126EB “$100 Cash”
228EA “$10 Grocery Gift card”
237GB “$5 Grocery Gift card”
181TA & 182TB “$100,000 Cash”
189VD & 190VE “$40,000 Vehicle of Choice”
193WC & 194WD “$25,000 Kitchen Makeover.”
199XD & 200XE “$20,000 College Tuition”
203YB, 204YC & 206YE “$10,000 Cash”
178SB & 179SC “$5,000 Cash”
173RA “$5,000 Groceries”
172QD “Movies for a Year”
166PB “$1,500 Gas Grill”
Contact me if you have any of these pieces.
Does anyone need 189 I have it
Call me 714-610-2886
I needed 189 and 190
ALSO 189 AND 190
All i need is 108ah. Im willing to split it you get 60 percent and ill take 40 percent
Hi everyone does anybody know of a place or anywhere I can go to trade game pieces not necessarily the million ones but others also, thank you.
Rare Pieces List:
108AH
110BB, 116BH*
119CC
121DA
126EB
132FD
135GC
138HB
144JD
145KA
149LA
154MB
159NC
164OD
166PB
172QD
173RA
179SC
181TA*, 182TB
189VD*, 190VE
193WC, 194WD
199XD, 200XE*
203YB, 206YE
207ZA, 209ZC
213AB
218BC
220CA
227DD
228EA
235FD
237GB
242HC
if I get the 108ah then ill need one more please
how did you get the list of rare pieces?
every single one you listed is what I need and Im in Cali…
That’s so funny and true! I think it a gimmick. I googled any winner and none have shown
WELL, WE SPEND OUR $$$$$$ AND GET SO CLOSE….BUT TRILLIONS TO 1 ODDS ….BETTER OFF PLAYING THE LOTTO…WE ALL NEED MOST OF THOSE RARE NUMBERS TO WIN EVEN $5….I HAVE PLAYED AND THE GIMMICK TRILLIONS TO 1 HAVE ME PLAYING THE GIMMICK…I AM TOO DAMN OLD TO BE DOING THIS STUFF….NOT A HAPPY EVER
LIST IS EASY…WE FILL OUT THE BOARD..EXCEPTING THE RARE PIECES…AS EXPECTED WITH THE GIMMICK TRILLIONS TO 1 ODDS AND WE SEARCH AROUND FOR SOMEONE LUCKY…MAYBE….HAVE A HAPPY
I have 194wd,looking for 193wc.
Thanks for the list! I actually have 194 WD, but the rest of my list matches yours
this is hilarious. I just got done reading about how the guy in charge of marketing the last one of these went to jail for hoarding the rare pieces and giving them to people he’d split the money with.
Where did you read this! If this is true they so deserve it!
I have 206YE do anyone have 203YB for the split?
I NEED 206YE
Hi Angela contact me 702-684-9803 if you want to split or buy this piece.
I have 206ye call Joann at
I have 206ye Call me at 925-339-4982
Jared, if it’s truth you have 108, I get less than halves and you get the rest, call me I have the rest 714-610-2886
I need 108 then I have all the pieces
I need 108AH and I have the rest of the tickets please reply.
How come on my game board there is no number 201
Must be missing on all game boards cuz mine is missing too.
How come on the game board there is no number 201
Someone message me! I found the 108AH, if you have all other pieces, i DO indeed have 108AH.
I have the rest of the tickets will split 50/50 please text 773-849-0398 please I have all 7 I need 108ah
Can I have your cell please
I need 108 please please call me 2252887270
I have all others but 108AH
What others do you have.
You got jokes lol
I would trade you the rest of the pieces for that piece
Call me have the rest
Mario, why don’t you give us your phone number if you have 108 bc I have the rest and we can make a deal, that would benefit you most.
Hi Jared do you have proof you have108 if so i have all others. Lets do this!
Text me a pic of your 108 and I’ll text you a pic with the rest of the numbers for the million $$$. (425) 231-1458
I have all other pieces except 108AH
I need the 108AH
Hello! Jared do you have 108?
You have 135GC?
If you still have 108ah, I would split it with you. That’s the only one I need. I also have a lot of other pieces I can give you also, if you’d like. Thank you
I need 108AH and I have the rest of the tickets please reply.
I have all pieces excep 108ah
I have the rest of the pie you need
I have all pieces except 108ah
I need 108
send a picture….
If you truly have the 108AH then you’re a millionaire baby!! Mother of 6 here. I’m sure you’ve already found someone with all the pieces but if not you can call or text me at 702-570- 3985 ????
This is Angela
Do you still have 108ah? I have all other pieces.
Jared … do you have 108A… where do you live?
Hi. I only need 108ah
We have 3 sets of everything but 108AH. Do you still have it? We’d share for much less than half.
IF FOR REAL AND YOU HAVEN’T MADE A DEAL…IF FOR REAL I SAID…OLD COACH MCKAY IN EL PASO, TEXAS LIKE SO MANY OTHERS..HAS THE REST….????? 915 226 8147
Rest of the pieces are easy to get – I have them too – you can email me at julie@markgoldman.com if you can’t get them yourself 🙂
i only need 108AH anyone has it contact me asap i will split the mill
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So if I have the WINNING ticket, and you have the COMMON ticket(s) you are “willing” to split it 50/50 with me if we team up?
Why are so many people trying to scam others? Come on. Stop being that way!
Hello, I just saw this msg
Please contact me at 714-610-2886
That’s my cell
I need that piece too. Call me to split. Email below. Az
You have 108, is this true bc I have all the other ones, I’m just missing 108, if this is true please call me I posted my phone number already
Hello was wondering if you have 108?
I don’t have 108, I have all the others but missing 108
In need of 108 ah I have several other pieces I’m willing to trade 2253619262
Have all but 108AH for million. I was so hoping I had the rare game piece, but it appears that is the 108 piece. Out of fairness, would make a deal grossly in your favor.
This Monopoly game is a complete scam. A waste of time.
Do you think all these folks out there looking for that winning $1,000,000 last ticket understand that in all the 20 or states that have these stores , there will be only THREE stickers to make that set complete???
I have all for One Mill just Need 108
Please who ever has this we can make share it.
Please reply
I need 108 and 101 for the million dollars
I have 101AA do you need it?
Looking for 182tb. Can pay
I HAVE 1MIL VACATION HOME 116BH.
I also have 116bh, looking for 110bb
Joshua.thibert@hotmail.com
I need 110bb
All I need is 110BB, 116BH,181TA,182TB for the million dollar vacation home and the 100,000 cash if any one has those tickets I will split the prize 50/50
So if I have the WINNING ticket, and you have the COMMON ticket(s) you are “willing” to split it 50/50 with me if we team up?
Why are so many people trying to scam others? Come on. Stop being that way!
EXACTLY……GOT EVERY ONE JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS…LOL
I got that one can u call mi 682 559 3663
I need 108ah I have multiples of all the rest will trade please email artishawillingham@yahoo.com
Do you have 108ah and 103ac?
I have 103ac but I need 108ah
I’m looking for the same thing I am willing to pay any amount for 108ah!!!
Would you pay 2 million?
LOL
Hello guys, Im just looking for 108AH, 116BB, 181TA, 182TB, 179SC to buy or trade with others. Thanks
Text me at 832-520 0027 if you have them
Hi! I have 116BH if you have 110BB!! joshua.thibert@hotmail.com
Do you have 110bb and 113be?
So I take it the 110BB is the rare. Which is semi-rare?
I have all the rest, but no 108AH. I will split it with you. Contact me at 425)231-1458.asap!
I have 113BE
Contact at averysimpson101@gmail.com if interedted.
I do have 104 AD too.. wondering if this ticket is rare?
I have it too they are common.
Semi rare
I have the semi rare. 104AD for 1 million cash prize. Please message me to complete, we can discuss legalities and fair share of winnings.
Hi David, do you have all the other pieces except 104AD? I have all pieces except 108AH
WE REGULAR PLAYERS ALL HAVE 104AD….NOT RARE….I HAVE 3 OF THEM…IO8AH IS THE RARE ONE BE HAPPY THOUGH
Where do I sign up ? My 4th year playing ????????
Mine too..Didn’t win a single prize as of yet..????????????????????