https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A mum from southern France has won big after the fake money in a their new Monopoly game was replaced with real cash, earning them a cool €20,580. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150324/french-woman-finds-monopoly-game-with-real-notes Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:22:27 +0100 french-woman-finds-monopoly-game-with-real-notes The French manufacturers of the popular board game Monopoly have replaced the fake money with thousands of euros for 80 lucky buyers, to celebrate the game's 80th birthday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150202/bank-error-in-your-favour-monopoly-with-real-notes-in-france Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:24:00 +0100 bank-error-in-your-favour-monopoly-with-real-notes-in-france A Greek jeweller was left empty-handed and red-faced after selling over €6 million ($7.5 million) worth of jewels to two con men who paid him with a suitcase full of Monopoly money. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141003/man-sells-6m-in-jewels-for-monopoly-money Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:05:00 +0200 man-sells-6m-in-jewels-for-monopoly-money <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A man goes on trial on Monday in the southern town of Pau accused of murder after a poker game took a very bad turn.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20110919/1212 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:34:58 +0200 1212