{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "McDonalds Monopoly tokens are basically crypto-currency, when you think about it", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/165847923968/", "html": "<p><a href=\"http://jncos.tumblr.com/post/165828723021/mcdonalds-monopoly-tokens-are-basically\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">jncos</a>:</p><blockquote><p style=\"\">McDonalds Monopoly tokens are basically crypto-currency, when you think about it</p></blockquote>\n<p>It&rsquo;s an actual issue in some states that people were setting up mini slots casinos as &ldquo;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweepstakes_parlor\" target=\"_blank\">sweepstakes parlors</a>&rdquo; and the biggest thing protecting them from being regulated away was McDonalds lobbyists acting in defense of the Monopoly game</p><p>(which, incidentally, <a href=\"https://priceonomics.com/the-mcdonalds-monopoly-fraud/\" target=\"_blank\">was rigged</a> for 6 years in the &lsquo;90s in exactly the way gambling regulations are intended to prevent)</p>"}