Today in my Literature class my teacher Mr.Siegmund and I had a slight disagreement about the McDonald’s monopoly game on the internet. “I think the monopoly game is a rip-off and it’s just a way for them to make more money at McDonald’s,” my teacher told me. At first I thought he could be right, but after thinking about it for awhile I’ve been playing this game since day one and I feel like I could really be a winner. I do eat at McDonald’s just about every other day to get the codes, and it’s got me a long way in the game. In order for me to win this game there are a number of monopoly pieces I would have to collect to win a certain amount of money. Each time I purchase certain products I get a piece. After thinking about it, I don’t think it’s a rip-off. In the past year there have been three people that have won the monopoly game. One of them is Travis W from St.Louis, MO, and he won $1 million. Another is Lina C from Brooklyn, NY and she won $25, 000 and Ashley L won $50,000. There’s probably way more people out there that have won and by knowing that it shows not only me, but the people that don’t believe in the game that you can actually win and that its really not a rip-off. I continue to play and hope that I could be one of the new 2009 winners this year.
Even though I may eat at McDonald’s every other day, I was eating there way before the game came out anyway. The thought of me having a chance to win that money triggered me to go there constantly. Every time I play it seems like I get closer to $100,000 dollars, and one of these days I probably will as long as I keep eating at McDonald’s. My mom and my brother also eat McDonald’s constantly but they are some of the many people that say the game’s a rip-off so I get lucky and keep the game pieces, which give me an even bigger chance of winning. Also you have to remember there are over 13,000 McDonald’s in the U.S. so you can pretty much find pieces anywhere.
The other reason why I don’t think it’s a rip-off is because; even if I were to go out of town I could still play the monopoly game on my cell phone. They have a number that I can use so I can just send the codes. In order for me to play the game on my phone I would have to put in my cell number when I’m entering the monopoly game. So whenever I go out of town or can’t get to a computer all I have to do is play the game on my cell phone which makes it easier to play. Instead of us having to save every piece, we can now keep an account on the computer that saves the codes which makes it a lot easier. To me, it’s a really fun game to play but knowing that I could play it anywhere makes it even better since some people either don’t have a cell phone or a computer. With all of this being said I respect everybody’s opinion about the game because no matter what I say I know it probably won’t change it. But mine will remain the same because I believe that I can actually be a winner.
Instead of looking at it as a big rip-off there are many other things to look at. Like I said in my paragraphs above there are some people who have won the monopoly game. And I feel like McDonald’s is really giving us customers a chance to win some of the money we do spend, instead of them taking our money, because I know that the people that are playing this game were eating at McDonald’s before the monopoly game came about. Not only is it a fun game but they also give us a chance to get free food from the pieces. I feel like McDonalds isn’t trying to make us spend more money then we usually would because when the game is over people are going to continue to eat there. Even if I don’t win the game this year I will also continue eating at McDonald’s and hope for better luck next year.