"You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning while on your way home from purchasing a winning Lotto ticket with your wife, Jessica Alba, the first lady of the United States," Richard Roeper wrote in The Chicago Sun-Times about the 2006 McDonalds Monopoly game.
In the 2013 Monopoly game, the odds of finding a winning game piece were 1 in 37,955,000. The odds of finding the exact two matching pieces worth $1 million were approximately 1 in 3,050,412,898! That means you are about 17 times more likely to win the Powerball—with usually a much higher payout than $1 million.
Also, the McDonalds Monopoly prize of $1 Million is not paid out in a once-off lump sum payment. It is paid in chunks of $50,000 per year over a period of 20 years, without interest.
To find game pieces, you could order any or, if you are desperate to find the rare two, all of the following items on the menu: Premium McWrap, Big Mac, 10 and 20-piece Chicken McNuggets, medium (16 oz.) And large (22 oz.) Cold McCafe Drinks, Oatmeal, Hash Browns, Egg White Delight McMuffin, Egg McMuffin Sandwich, Sausage McMuffin® with Egg (excludes Sausage McMuffin), Large Fries and Medium (21 oz.) Soft drinks.
Be sure to use some of your winnings to pay for a personal fitness trainer!
