Matt Gissel, 1999 US Monopoly Champion
The eleventh US MONOPOLY Championship was held in October 1999 at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Matt Gissel, 20, from Vermont, won the tournament, as well as a trip to the 2000 World Championship in Toronto.
50 players from 49 states competed. Defending champion Roger Craig was given an automatic entry into the tournament. Oklahoma was the only state without a representative at this tournament.
| State | Representative |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Rick Roberson |
| Alaska | Molly Mahurin - 2nd Place |
| Arizona | Earl Goodman |
| Arkansas | Sherri Aloi |
| California | Audrey Parsons |
| Colorado | James Hulsey |
| Connecticut | Jackie Macala |
| Delaware | Barry Jones, Jr. |
| Florida | Dennis Gordon |
| Georgia | Annette Humphrey |
| Hawaii | David Mortensen |
| Idaho | Robert Anderst |
| Illinois |
Roger Craig, Defending Champion (1995) Duane Lambert |
| Indiana | Linda Barrett |
| Iowa | Dave Rasdal |
| Kansas | Susan Myers |
| Kentucky | Patrick Thompson |
| Louisiana | Brandt Temple |
| Maine | Nick Fox |
| Maryland | Murray Rosenfeld - 3rd Place |
| Massachusetts | Janet Logan |
| Michigan | Ray Barnes |
| Minnesota | Terry Kroeten |
| Mississippi | Raymond Brooks |
| Missouri | Larry Friedrich |
| Montana | Carina Beneventi |
| Nebraska | Curtis Olson |
| Nevada | Jarrod Tennell |
| New Hampshire | Chris Arnold |
| New Jersey | Gary Peters |
| New Mexico | Thomas Almond-Hohner |
| New York | Jason Blumenberg |
| North Carolina | Gary Cor |
| North Dakota | Nicholas Schlueter |
| Ohio | Eric Yarina |
| Oklahoma | None |
| Oregon | Brad Vest |
| Pennsylvania | Henry Werda |
| Rhode Island | Chris Pichette - 4th Place |
| South Carolina | Scott Ellis |
| South Dakota | Kevin Sigl |
| Tennessee | Ankur Jain |
| Texas | Sherry Merfish |
| Utah | Bryan Miller |
| Vermont | Matt Gissel - US Champion |
| Virginia | Marsha Miller |
| Washington | John Julian |
| Washington, D.C. | None |
| West Virginia | Richard Ridgeway |
| Wisconsin | Michael Allman |
| Wyoming | Becky Isaack |
If you know of additional players, please add them with a reference.
References[]
- http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-10-25/features/9910250196_1_matt-gissel-mr-monopoly-states-avenue
- http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/oct/20/monopoly-masters-wheel-and-deal-in-national-champi/
- http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101803/nat_101803059.shtml#.VP8G4XzF-So
- http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/article_7bbcce33-1b6c-5d9a-93a7-eb8aac440fe3.html
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