Spaniard captures World Monopoly Championship in Tokyo
TOKYO A Spanish lab technician needed only two hours to capture the World Monopoly Championship in Tokyo. Antonio Zafra Fernandez of Madrid pumped his fist in the air after he drove a Norwegian mutual fund manager's railroad empire into bankruptcy.
Fernandez takes home the 15-thousand-140-dollar prize -- equal to the amount of play money in a Monopoly set.
The companies that sell Monopoly board games around the world flew players from 38 nations to the Japanese capital for the two-day event, first held in 1973 in Washington.
The four finalists, all dressed in tuxedos, competed while a "Mr. Monopoly" -- decked out in a silver mustache, top hat and cane -- hovered near the stage. A real banker managed the tournament's money.
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