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Looking for an easy way to finish Monopoly faster? Refuse the Free Parking payoff.
How to gain early control and a lasting edge in Monopoly (part 5)
The most common Monopoly house rule is to award players with free cash when they land on Free Parking.
I’ve played with groups that put Luxury Tax, Income Tax, and fees from Chance and Community Chest cards into a pile on the board. When a person landed on Free Parking, that lucky player collected all that cash. Sometimes we’d even start that kitty with an extra $100 or $200.
This house rule turns Free Parking into a lottery ticket.
The Free Parking payoff house rule is so common that Parker Brothers addressed it in text from this game component.
In later editions, Hasbro included a comment in the official rules that a player landing on Free Parking does not receive a “reward of any kind.”
Free Parking is self-descriptive: it’s a place to land for free. Nothing happens, nothing changes when you land in that corner.
