Monopoly is the the world's best-selling board game;
it is produced in 26 languages and sold in 80
countries

Monopoly has been played by over three quarters of
a billion people; making it the most played commercial
board game in history

the origin of this game is recounted in the video
below



the soundtrack of the above video is an excerpt from
a Present At The Creation podcast, produced by
National Public Radio (NPR); it can be heard in full
here