Our suspicions were correct and this year McDonald's are indeed running an on-line component to the main game.

All stickers will carry an on-line code which will allow you to enter an hourly prize draw.

The prize draw system works by choosing a time at random every hour and if you happen to enter your code at that exact time chosen you will win a 1,000 prepaid visa card.

You can enter up to 24 times in a day i.e. once an hour on average BUT they don't say if you are actually limited to once an hour or not. They also don't say if you can re-use the same code each time or whether the codes are a single use only. We'd expect them to be single use, and we'll tell you more as soon as we know more ourselves.

This on-line part of the game starts at 11am on the 24th of March 2010 (24/03/2010), half an hour after the main promotion opens, and runs through to the 4th of May 2010 (04/05/2010)!

Good luck everyone!

This year's UK McDonald's Monopoly game, Easy Win Monopoly, starts in store at 10.30am on 24th of March 2010 (24/03/2010) and runs until the 4th of May 2010 (04/05/2010)!

McDonald's mentions that the game starts at 11am online so we might be seeing a dedicated online component to the game this year too, as the USA have had for the last few years...

As with last year's game 1 in 3 wins and we'll be following it all the way!

Check back soon for the latest news!

Though I know it's nothing to do with Mc Donalds Monopoly we've been receiving a LOT of offers from various companies recently and I'm pretty sure some of them will be useful to some of you.

As such I'm starting up a new offers section to the site for those of you who are after a good deal

One we got today was for the mobile phone recycling tool below which works out the best price for your old mobile from a number of different providers - neat eh?

Sorry, no news on the 2010 McDonalds Monopoly game yet.

However I would like to know if any of you think we should change the way the site operates this year?

We get literally 1000's of visitors a day during the promotion and I can't help thinking some of you might like something other than my simple little blog..?

What's good and what's bad? What do you think would be good to see on the site going forwards? Would you prefer a forum? Does the site just need a redesign? Leave a reply and let me know

Chris

Here is some essential information on the 2009 McDonalds Monopoly Game in the USA:

Residents of the following Countries can enter the US game:

• U.S.
• Guam
• Saipan
• Canada

Residents of the following Countries CAN NOT enter the US game:

• Puerto Rico
• American Samoa
• Other countries/territories where prohibited by Law

Additionally The following Restrictions Apply to the US Game:

• The online game is restricted to persons aged 13 or older
• Online Game not available in Guam
• Online Game not available in Saipan
• Text play not available in Canada

Promotion Start And End Dates

• Game begins 6th of October 2009 (10/6/2009)
• In-Store Game ends 2nd of November 2009 (11/02/2009) or while supplies last
• Online Game ends 16th of November 2009 (11/16/2009) at 11:59:59 pm ET (Eastern Time)

You can find the full set of official rules at participating McDonald's stores, which will outline prizes, ARVs, odds, and how to play without purchase.

If you land on Chance in the online game you could receive a prize the as a result of a Monopoly dice roll to occur the following day.

A roll of two sixes (6 + 6) results in a $1 Million prize, payable as $50,000 per year for 20 years without interest, for any result other than 2 sixes, the winner receives $10,000.

The $1 Million daily draws for the USA and Canada will run online from 12:00:00 midnight Eastern Time (ET) on the 6th of October 2009 (10/6/2009) to 11:59:59 pm Eastern Time (ET) on the 2nd of November 2009 (11/2/2009)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY