McDonalds Monopoly 2010 Begins; Full Prize List, What to Order and How You Can Win Big

McDonalds Monopoly 2010 is underway, so hop in your car, do not pass go, do not collect $200 and drive on thru to snag your limited time only game pieces. The fast food giant's long-standing and extremely popular promotion is primed to award thousands of prizes to consumers throughout the month, from RedBox rentals to Mickey D's food to a cool million bucks.

Game participation is a tradition for me, and this year will be no different: My son is undergoing treatment at a not-so-local hospital and I trek there to stay with him every day, often after slipping through the drive thru at our local McD's for a quick drink or McGriddles sandwich. I'm pumped to think of the free food I might win, especially with the publicized 1 in 4 odds plastered across the official McDonalds website.

If you're wondering which food items offer 2010 McDonalds Monopoly game pieces and what you might win if lady luck is on your side, read on for all of the tender, juicy details.

What to Order

If you want to maximize your chances of walking away a winner by game's end on November 1st (November 15th for the online version found at PlayatMCD.com), order one of these popular menu items stat:

Big Mac
Medium Soft Drink
Hash Brown (Breakfast only; Dollar Menu item)
Filet-o-Fish
Large French Fries
10-Piece Chicken McNuggets
20-Piece Chicken McNuggets
McGriddles Sandwiches (Breakfast only)
Medium and Large Hot and Iced McCafe Beverages

All items offer two games pieces each, save large fries, which will net the hungriest of consumers an extra two for a total of four. Oddly absent from the list is the Large Soft Drink, probably to prevent consumers from earning 'too many' stamps with large value meal purchases, so take note. It looks like a medium value meal will yield a stamp on your drink but not the fries, while a large value meal will yield the opposite: A stamp on your fries but not the drink.

McDonalds Monopoly 2010 Prizes

Each game piece offers the holder two chances to win: Once through the physical game stamp itself, and once via the second chance online game located at PlayatMCD.com. The online and physical game piece prizes are separate; here's a peek at a few of the prizes you might win from each, as noted on the McDonalds website. Click the link for a full listing of all available items and their estimated values.

Physical Game Stamp Collect-and-Wins and Award Amount Sampling

Park Place and Boardwalk: $1,000,000
Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Pacific: $50,000
Marvin Gardens, Ventnor and Atlantic: $25,000
Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky: Beaches Vacation
Baltic and Mediterranean: $50

Physical Game Stamp Instant Win Sampling

2011 Shelby GT500
$5,000 Walmart Gift Card
EA Sports Game
$5 Walmart Gift Card
Free Breakfast Sandwich (Excludes McGriddles)
Free Medium Fries

Online Instant Win Sampling

2011 Ford Edge Sport
$1,000 Cash
$50 Shell Gift Card
$1 RedBox Movie Rental

Good luck winning prizes in the McDonalds 2010 Monopoly promotion, and let us know if you score something sweet! I've got my eye on a Shell gas card and some free food; what do you hope to see when you peel those stamps?

Sources

McDonalds Monopoly 2010 Prize List, McDonalds.com