History of the board game Monopoly US and UK the year before World Championships through 2003–2004 but during the same year as of 2009 (see table, below). The determination of the US champion was changed for the 2003 tournament: winners of an Internet-based quiz challenge were selected to compete, rather than one state champion for each of the 50 states. The tournaments are now typically held every six years. In the past, the US edition Monopoly board was used at the World championship level, while national variants are used at the national level. Since true international play began in 1975, no World champion has come from
History of the board game Monopoly individual professional sports teams, and many others. USAopoly also sells special corporate editions of "Monopoly". Official corporate editions have been produced for Best Buy, the Boy Scouts of America, FedEx, and UPS, among others. In 1995, a second license was awarded to Winning Moves Games in Massachusetts. Winning Moves has produced a new board game and card games based on "Monopoly" in the United States. Winning Moves also produces official localized editions of the game in the UK, France, Germany and Australia. The "Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Edition Monopoly" is a special case, having been originally produced by Winning Moves