The math behind McDonald's Monopoly

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Quote :: McDonald's kicked off its annual Monopoly sweepstakes this week, so of course we are thrilled to devour the stats.

Lottery probabilities are a ton of fun, and Monopoly statistics are even more interesting, so a Monopoly-themed lottery may as well be Christmas for stat geeks.

Here's how it works. Every time you purchase certain items at McDonald's over the next couple weeks — any one of 26 different menu items — you'll get to peel off a game piece comprised of two stamps.

These game stamps can correspond to either an instant prize, or they can correlate to a space on the Monopoly board. For spaces on the Monopoly board, if you get all the properties of a single color — or the Railroads — you win a prize.

So, let's take a look at your odds of winning prizes by buying McDonald's.

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But SOMEBODY has to win, right?!

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