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In-Game Advertising Comes to Board Games
Grooves writes "Monopoly is getting rid of paper money in favor of credit cards. From the article: 'The new card, which resembles a debit card, is inserted into a small plastic reader/writer that can display and update the balance on the card. Traditional money is gone altogether, though purists can still purchase the original version.' Does this mean the end of complex Monopoly games where I charge grandma interest to borrow money?"
question : "Does this mean the end of complex Monopoly games where I charge grandma interest to borrow money?"
answer : "purists can still purchase the original version."
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I wonder how easy it is to hack the Monopoly reader to do skimming etc?
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