The votes have been tallied and the city of Cape Town has claimed the third top spot on the first ever World Edition Monopoly board.
Cape Town will be among the more expensive cities in the Monopoly Here and Now World Edition Game board, coming in ahead of cities such as New York (10), Sydney (11) Rome (14) and Barcelona (19).
Representing the most expensive properties however are the Canadian city of Montreal and Latvia’s capital city, Riga, who claimed the top two spots.
The developers of Monopoly, Hasbro Inc, launched a global online voting campaign in January this year that, for the first time, would allow fans to decide which cities appeared on the legendary board game.
Cape Town was among 70 world-class cities competing for a top 20 place.
According to Hasbro, more than 5.6 million votes were cast over the course of the six week voting campaign.
"This accolade is yet another jewel in Cape Town’s crown," said the CEO of Cape Town Tourism Mariette du Toit-Helmbold.
"I cannot wait to get my hands on the new World Edition Monopoly Boardgame and see Cape Town's name on the board amongst the best cities on earth," she added.
The new Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition will be available in stores around the world later this month. The game will be sold in 50 countries and in 37 different languages.
