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In a competition with 68 cities of the world for a spot on the board in the new edition of the popular game "Monopoly", Riga ranked second, according to the information on board games and toys producer Hasbro's website.

Montreal in Canada won the first place.

In an Internet poll in the beginning of this year, people could cast their votes on the city they wanted to be included in the new, special Monopoly's "Here and Now: The World Edition" version.

A total of 22 cities have been included in the new version of Monopoly, Riga left some of the world's largest cities like Hong Kong, London, Paris, Beijing, New York, Rome Sydney and others behind.

The board game will be on sale starting from late August. It will be published in 50 countries and 37 languages, including Latvian.