After nearly 10 years, McDonald’s is bringing back its Monopoly Game, a sweepstakes inspired by the iconic board game. The promotion, which now includes a digital component, gives customers a chance to win free food and prizes from their purchases.
The Monopoly Game, which runs Oct. 6 – Nov. 2, allows customers to gather physical game pieces by peeling back stickers on in-store purchases, or digital pieces obtained through purchases made in the McDonald’s app. The game pieces will hew closely to the classic board game — think Park Place, Boardwalk and Atlantic Avenue.
Participating customers can win everything from instant prizes, such as a free Quarter Pounder with cheese, to a $1,000,000 cash prize to a 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The odds of winning an instant prize — which consists mostly of eligible food items from the McDonald’s menu — is one in five, according to a FAQ page on the McDonald’s website.
“Our fans have been clamoring for the return of MONOPOLY at McDonald’s, and we’re thrilled to bring it back with a modern, digital spin,” Alyssa Buetikofer, SVP, chief marketing and customer experience officer at McDonald’s, said in statement. “This game is a core memory for so many customers, and we’re excited that those memories can now be shared across generations.”
Here’s what to know before the game kicks off next week.
How do I play?
For the 2025 version of McDonald’s Monopoly Game, customers must download the McDonald’s app to opt into the company’s reward’s program and then register for the game. Those who pre-register on the app between Sept. 29 and Oct. 5, will get 500 bonus MyMcDonald’s Rewards points, according to game rules on McDonald’s website. Beginning Oct. 6 and on through Nov. 2, registered players can order select menu items to receive game pieces.
Physical game pieces can be obtained by visiting a participating McDonald’s restaurant in the U.S. or ordering McDonald’s delivery. The pieces — which will have to be scanned and redeemed on the McDonald’s app in order to reveal the prize or save to combine with other pieces — will be affixed to the following menu items:
- Big Mac
- 10- and 20-piece Chicken McNuggets
- Filet-O-Fish sandwich
- Hash browns
- McMuffin sandwiches
- Large Soft Drink; Iced Tea; or Lemonade (but excluding CosMc’s beverages);
- Large iced coffe
Digital game pieces can be obtained by ordering through the app or use their McDonald’s reward code to make a purchase. Eligible menu items include:
- Biscuit Sandwich (excluding sausage biscuit sandwich)
- 4-piece McCrispy strips;
- McCrispy sandwich
- McGriddles sandwiches (excluding sausage McGriddles)
- Medium fries
- Large McCafé beverages
- Quarter Pounder with cheese
Customers, in some cases, will be an “instant winner” and see a prize revealed immediately. Customers can also collect and combine digital and physical game pieces to create a winning combination.
What sort of prizes can I win?
In addition to eligible food items, McDonald’s prize list includes dozens gift cards to trips. Below is a list of some of the items included. The full prize list can be found at playatmcd.com .
- Cash prizes ranging from $50 to $1,000,000
- Trip for four to Universal Orlando Resort
- Trip to Curaçao
- Tour for four of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida
- $10,000 Lowe’s shopping spree
- A 2026 WinnebagoView motorhome
- 77-inch Samsung TV from Best Buy
- $25 and $50 gift cards to Best Buy
- One-year DoorDash subscription
- Trip to the 2026 FIFA World Cup
- One million Wyndham Rewards points
- One million American Airlines AAdvantage miles
Fraud scheme
McDonald’s first launched its Monopoly Game promotional sweepstakes in 1987, and continued to offer it on and off until 2016, after investigators uncovered a fraud scheme led by a man named Jerome P. Jacobson who was stealing and selling McDonald’s Monopoly game pieces. The controversy led the company to halt the sweepstakes for nearly a decade later, and is the subject of the 2020 HBO docu-series “McMillion$.”
