<P> The 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship was held on April 14--15 in Washington, D.C. In his first tournament ever, Richard Marinaccio, an attorney from Sloan, New York (a suburb of Buffalo), prevailed over a field that included two previous champions to be crowned the 2009 U.S. National Champion . In addition to the title, Marinaccio took home $20,580--the amount of money in the bank of the board game--and competed in the 2009 World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 21--22, where he finished in third place . </P> <P> In 2015, Hasbro used a competition that was held solely online to determine who would be the U.S. representative to compete at the 2015 Monopoly World Championship . Interested players took a twenty - question quiz on Monopoly strategy and rules, and submitted a hundred - word essay on how to win a Monopoly tournament . Hasbro then selected Brian Valentine of Washington, D.C. to be the U.S. representative . </P> <P> Hasbro conducts a worldwide Monopoly tournament . The first Monopoly World Championships took place in Grossinger's Resort in New York, in November 1973, but it wasn't until 1975 that they included competitors from outside the United States . It has been aired in the United States by ESPN In 2009, forty - one players competed for the title of Monopoly World Champion and a cash prize of $20,580 (USD), which is the total amount of' Monopoly money' in the current Monopoly set used in the tournament . The most recent World Championship took place September 2015 in Macau . Italian Nicolò Falcone defeated the defending world champion and players from twenty - six other countries . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Winner </Th> <Th> Nationality </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Liberty, New York </Td> <Td> Lee Bayrd </Td> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> Alvin Aldridge </Td> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> John Mair </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Monte Carlo </Td> <Td> Cheng Seng Kwa </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Bermuda </Td> <Td> Cesare Bernabei </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Palm Beach </Td> <Td> Greg Jacobs </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Atlantic City </Td> <Td> Jason Bunn </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> London </Td> <Td> Ikuo Hyakuta </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Berlin </Td> <Td> Joost van Orten </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Monte Carlo </Td> <Td> Christopher Woo </Td> <Td> Hong Kong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Toronto </Td> <Td> Yutaka Okada </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tokyo </Td> <Td> Antonio Zafra Fernández </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Las Vegas </Td> <Td> Bjørn Halvard Knappskog </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Macau </Td> <Td> Nicolò Falcone </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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