COLOR SETS MEDITER-RANEAN BALTIC ORIENTAL VERMONT CONNEC-TICUT ST CHARLES PL STATES VIRGINIA ST JAMES PL TENNESSEE NEW YORK KENTUCKY INDIANA ILLINOIS ATLANTIC VENTNOR MARVIN GARDENS PACIFIC NORTH CAROLINA PENNA AVE PARK PLACE BOARD-WALK   RAILROADS & UTILITIES
                                                                                                                           
probability 2.008% 2.037% 2.130% 2.185% 2.166% 2.553% 2.171% 2.423% 2.679% 2.820% 2.807% 2.607% 2.559% 2.991% 2.537% 2.510% 2.429% 2.515% 2.474% 2.355% 2.056% 2.483% probability  
 
price $60 $60 $100 $100 $120 $140 $140 $160 $180 $180 $200 $220 $220 $240 $260 $260 $280 $300 $300 $320 $350 $400 price  
cost of house $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 cost of house   RRs OWNED
cost of hotel $250 $250 $250 $250 $250 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $750 $750 $750 $750 $750 $750 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 cost of hotel  
  READING PENNA B&O SHORT LINE Probabilty a rival hits any one of them on next roll Rent Expected Revenue per Rival-Roll Payback Period (rival-rolls)
rent $2 $4 $6 $6 $8 $10 $10 $12 $14 $14 $16 $18 $18 $20 $22 $22 $24 $26 $26 $28 $35 $50 rent   X   2.801% $25 $0.70 286
1 house $10 $20 $30 $30 $40 $50 $50 $60 $70 $70 $80 $90 $90 $100 $110 $110 $120 $130 $130 $150 $175 $200 1 house     X   2.632% $25 $0.66 304
2 houses $30 $60 $90 $90 $100 $150 $150 $180 $200 $200 $220 $250 $250 $300 $330 $330 $360 $390 $390 $450 $500 $600 2 houses     X   2.884% $25 $0.72 277
3 houses $90 $180 $270 $270 $300 $450 $450 $500 $550 $550 $600 $700 $700 $750 $800 $800 $850 $900 $900 $1,000 $1,100 $1,400 3 houses     X 2.285% $25 $0.57 350
4 houses $160 $320 $400 $400 $450 $625 $625 $750 $750 $750 $800 $875 $875 $925 $975 $975 $1,025 $1,100 $1,100 $1,200 $1,300 $1,700 4 houses   X X   5.359% $50 $2.68 149
HOTEL $250 $450 $550 $550 $600 $750 $750 $900 $950 $950 $1,000 $1,050 $1,050 $1,100 $1,150 $1,150 $1,200 $1,275 $1,275 $1,400 $1,500 $2,000 HOTEL   X   X   5.604% $50 $2.80 143
  X   X 5.022% $50 $2.51 159
expected revenue per rival-roll, assuming ownership of color-group expected revenue per rival-roll, assuming ownership of color-group     X X   5.440% $50 $2.72 147
rent (x2) $0.08 $0.16 $0.26 $0.26 $0.35 $0.51 $0.43 $0.58 $0.75 $0.79 $0.90 $0.94 $0.92 $1.20 $1.12 $1.10 $1.17 $1.31 $1.29 $1.32 $1.44 $2.48 rent (x2)     X   X 4.857% $50 $2.43 165
1 house $0.00 $0.21 $0.44 $0.46 $0.67 $1.08 $0.89 $1.25 $1.68 $1.77 $2.05 $2.15 $2.10 $2.79 $2.59 $2.56 $2.72 $3.07 $3.02 $3.33 $3.40 $4.77 1 house     X X 5.103% $50 $2.55 157
2 houses $0.20 $0.82 $1.52 $1.57 $1.77 $3.43 $2.86 $3.96 $4.96 $5.24 $5.78 $6.12 $6.00 $8.57 $7.97 $7.88 $8.34 $9.41 $9.25 $10.20 $9.88 $14.50 2 houses   X X X   8.089% $100 $8.09 74
3 houses $1.21 $3.07 $5.15 $5.30 $5.90 $10.89 $9.17 $11.52 $14.13 $14.91 $16.24 $17.65 $17.31 $21.84 $19.70 $19.48 $20.05 $22.04 $21.67 $22.95 $22.02 $34.16 3 houses   X X   X 7.522% $100 $7.52 80
4 houses $2.42 $5.72 $7.72 $7.94 $8.95 $15.16 $12.77 $17.38 $19.29 $20.35 $21.66 $22.02 $21.59 $26.87 $23.94 $23.67 $24.10 $26.87 $26.42 $27.46 $25.93 $41.41 4 houses   X   X X 7.761% $100 $7.76 77
HOTEL $4.40 $8.55 $11.10 $11.40 $12.37 $18.52 $15.66 $21.19 $24.83 $26.17 $27.45 $26.76 $26.25 $32.28 $28.55 $28.24 $28.53 $31.45 $30.92 $32.35 $30.22 $49.04 HOTEL     X X X 7.601% $100 $7.60 79
  X X X X 10.189% $200 $20.38 39
expected revenue per rival-roll, consolidated expected revenue per rival-roll, consolidated  
rent (x2)   $0.24   $0.86   $1.53   $2.44   $3.06   $3.39   $3.91   $3.92 rent (x2)  
1 house   $0.21   $1.56   $3.22   $5.50   $7.04   $7.87   $9.42   $8.17 1 house   UTILITIES OWNED
2 houses   $1.03   $4.85   $10.25   $15.98   $20.69   $24.20   $28.86   $24.38 2 houses  
3 houses   $4.28   $16.35   $31.58   $45.29   $56.80   $59.22   $66.66   $56.18 3 houses   Electric Co Water Works Exp.  Roll
4 houses   $8.14   $24.61   $45.31   $61.30   $70.48   $71.70   $80.75   $67.34 4 houses   X   2.611% 7.120 $0.74 202
HOTEL   $12.95   $34.87   $55.38   $78.44   $85.29   $85.32   $94.72   $79.26 HOTEL     X 2.651% 7.059 $0.75 200
  X X 5.193% 7.090 $3.68 81
payback period for development (unit = # rival-rolls) payback period for development (unit = # rival-rolls)  
1 house 38000 240 114 110 75 93 113 80 60 56 49 70 71 54 58 59 55 65 66 60 59 42 1 house   Exp. Roll = expected dice roll reaching this square
2 houses 492 121 66 64 57 58 70 50 40 38 35 49 50 35 38 38 36 43 43 39 40 28 2 houses  
3 houses 124 49 29 28 25 28 33 26 21 20 18 25 26 21 23 23 22 27 28 26 27 18 3 houses  
4 houses 83 35 26 25 22 26 31 23 21 20 18 27 28 22 25 25 25 30 30 29 31 19 4 houses  
HOTEL 57 29 23 22 20 27 32 24 20 19 18 28 29 23 26 27 26 32 32 31 33 20 HOTEL  
 
Calculations omit the risk of tying up one's cash in houses and/or hotels.  Factoring in the risk will increase the payback period.  The risk also makes the "3 house" and "4 house" options relatively superior to the "hotel" option.   The calculations for the Railroads and Utilities are slightly understated by omission of the multipliers applied by certain Chance cards.