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A Get Out of Jail Free Chance card

A Get Out of Jail Free card is an element of the board game Monopoly. It has since become a popular metaphor for something that will get one out of an undesired situation without any repercussions.[1]

Use in the game

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The original U.S. version of the board game Monopoly has two Get Out of Jail Free cards, with distinctive artwork. One, a "Community Chest" card, depicts a winged version of the game's mascot, Mr. Monopoly, in his tuxedo as he flies out of an open birdcage. The other, a "Chance" card, shows him booted out of a prison cell in a striped convict uniform. More modern versions of the game have more simply illustrated cards with a set of four jail bars, with the middle two bent outwards, implying a prison escape.

Players move around the Monopoly board according to dice throws. Most of the tiles players land on are properties that can be bought. There is also a tile, the Jail, that can hold players and cause them to lose their turn until certain conditions are met. They can end up in this space by landing on the "Go to Jail" tile, throwing three doubles in a row, or drawing a "Go to Jail" card from Community Chest or Chance. The Get Out of Jail Free card frees the player from jail to continue playing and progress around the board without paying a fee, then must be returned to the respective deck upon playing it.

As the card's text says, it can also be sold by the possessing player to another player for a price that is "agreeable by both".

In law

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ritchie, L. David (2016). Metaphor. FalseCambridge University Press.
  2. ^ "The First National Lottery". British Library. Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ Dary Matera, FBI's Ten Most Wanted (NY, Harper Torch, 2003) page 43.
  4. ^ Hudson v. Michigan (2006) 546 U.S. 586 at 595, 126 S.Ct. 2159 at 2166, 165 L.Ed.2d 56 at 67 Archived 2017-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Kilgannon, Corey (11 January 2006). "A Perk for Friends of the Police, Now on eBay". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  6. ^ Balsamini, Dean (21 January 2018). "Police union slashes number of 'get out of jail free cards' issued". New York Post.