Monopoly (2011 game show) (Johnsonverse)

Monopoly is an American television game show based on the board game of the same name. It has aired on Game Show Network since June 6, 2011. Billy Gardell is the host, and Lora Cain is the announcer.
== Gameplay ==
Three contestants (one of whom is a returning champion), in lecterns colored red, gold, and green, start with $15,000.
=== Main game ===
There are two rounds, both of which are played in ten minutes. In round one, the returning champion starts first, and in the second round, the round one winner has the first turn.
The dice in this round are rolled on a shaker-table at the center of the board (called the Monopoly Rock-and-Roller) during a contestant's turn, and they press a button on their lectern to stop it; an indicator light around the board (starting on Go) travels that many spaces clockwise. If a contestant lands on a property (with the exception of railroads or utilities), they have the option to buy or auction all properties in the color group; owned monopolies are in the same color as their owners' lecterns.
Passing Go nets $1,000 (though landing on Go nets $2,000), while Free Parking nets the player $5,000 (its starting amount) and all money paid to the pot (consisting of paid money such as taxes, for example), resetting to $5,000 after it’s landed on. Tax spaces (Luxury Tax deducts $750 from the player's score, while Income Tax deducts 20%), Go to Jail, and Jail do exactly as in the board game, and whoever is in Jail answers a trivia question with three possible answers to get out (if incorrect, $1,000 is paid to Free Parking before they’re released); unlike the board game, they can't collect rent while in Jail. Chance and Community Chest spaces apply to all players, but they focus on cards that benefit certain players (e.g. "Pay Poor Tax" forces the person who has the card to give money to the person in last place). Railroads allow contestants to travel to any monopoly and try to take it from the current owner. If a utility is landed on, the contestant must pay 100 times the roll of the dice to the Free Parking jackpot (e.g. $1,000 if a ten is rolled). After time is called, the first round ends. 
Between rounds, contestants have a chance to develop their properties as long as they can afford it (houses cost $50, and hotels cost $250); the rent for a specific property increases depending on the number of buildings. The second round is played like the first round, albeit with all listed values doubled (e.g. passing Go gives $2,000, while landing on Go gives $4,000). After time is called, the game ends, and the person with the highest net worth wins the game, heads to the bonus round, and returns in the next episode; the other contestants go home with $5,000 for second place and $2,500 for third place. If a player wins both games, they win an additional $10,000.
=== Bonus round ===
The winner has a chance to build on top of their existing score by going across the board in five rolls or less. Rolling doubles adds an extra roll, though getting three doubles in a row, landing on Go to Jail, or failing to reach Go ends the game and the bonus money is forfeited. Each space (with the exception of Go to Jail, Jail, and Free Parking) gives the player a reward such as multipliers, prizes, or cash amounts. Passing Go nets $25,000, and landing on it nets $50,000. The player could bail out at any time, retaining the prizes they won.
== Animation ==
The opening title sequences, as well as the Chance and Community Chest cards, are animated at Johnson Cartoon Studios. The Chance and Community Chest cards' animations are based on those of the 1999 PC game, while the title sequences follow the character Rich Uncle Pennybags driving around the Monopoly board in the race car token, with cameos from Officer Edgar O'Mallory and Jake the Jailbird, as well as other tokens. There were three openings: the first was used in the first three seasons, the second was used from seasons four through eight, and the third has been in use since season nine.
In all instances, Rich Uncle Pennybags is voiced by his regular voice actor, Dean Hagopian.
==Broadcast history==
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