It already did that
10 years ago...
( e2a - 11 years ago - Starting in the UK in 2005, an updated version of the game, titled Monopoly Here and Now, was produced, replacing game scenarios, properties, and tokens with modern equivalents. Similar boards were produced for Germany and France. Variants of these first editions appeared with Visa-branded debit cards taking the place of cash – the later US "Electronic Banking" edition has unbranded debit cards.)
Monopoly goes high-tech to reflect cashless society
Last updated at 17:26 24 July 2006
Monopoly money has been phased out of a new version of the famous board game.
Players will instead use a mock Visa debit card to keep track of how much they win or lose.
It inserts into an electronic machine where the banker taps in cardholders' earnings and payments.
Parker, which makes Monopoly, said the replacement of cash with plastic showed the board game was moving with the times.
Company spokesman Chris Weatherhead said: "The new electronic Monopoly reflects the changing nature of society and the advancement of technology."
The launch follows a YouGov survey of 2,056 adults which showed 70 per cent used
cash less often than they did a decade ago.
It is part of an international deal between Parker and finance giant Visa, which designed the mock debit card and its electronic machine.
Monopoly Here & Now Electronic Banking costs £24.99 compared to £12.99 for the standard "cash" version.
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