New Version Of 'Monopoly' Doesn't Use Cash

A British version of the classic 'Monopoly' board game released this week has a new twist. It substitutes a debit card instead of the stacks of yellow, blue and purple play money long hoarded by children worldwide.

"We started looking at what Monopoly would look like if we designed it today", said Chris Weatherhead, a spokesman for Hasbro. "We noticed consumers are using debit cards, carrying around cash a lot less".

And British players might not be the only ones switching to plastic. Officials at the American location say they're considering a similar change.

In the new British version, players type amounts into a palm-sized scanner and swipe their debit cards to seal the deal.

And the game has been modernized in other ways. Some addresses have changed � and the game now includes Kensington Palace Gardens, near Buckingham Palace, and Notting Hill Gate, the setting of a 1999 movie starring Julia Roberts.

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