Which properties to buy in Monopoly

Ever wondered what are the best properties to buy in Monopoly? Well I found an article by a guy  named Ivars Peterson who found the calculations.

The table shows the relative frequency of visits. The names that were used are according to the US board, so I have added the colours as well seeing that the South African boards have different names but still have the same colours. For the stations, I used a mix of 2 colours depending on between which colours the station is located. You can also use the square number to find out where the it is on the board.The shows us that Red and Orange have the highest probability of being landed on.


Now comes the very cool part, the return of your investment per colour group was calculated, once they have hotels. this was done by calculating the number of rolls required to to buy a complete set together with the break-even point.

This tells us that Orange reaches it’s break-even point the fastest whereas Green produces the highest value per roll. Therefore, short-term, go for Orange. Long-term, go for Green.

See the original article here