Most people playing Monopoly, world record set in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

April 18, 2025

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia--A total 918 people sat down at 150 tables to play simultaneous games of Monopoly during an event in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, organized by the Little Legs Foundation, a charity that raises funds and awareness for children with brain cancer, and Sue-Ellan and Marino Vasiliou; the event broke the world record for the Most people playing Monopoly, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"A total 918 people sat down at 150 tables to play simultaneous games of Monopoly and break a Guinness World Record in Australia," the UPI reports.

"The record attempt in Sydney was organized by the Little Legs Foundation, a charity that raises funds and awareness for children with brain cancer, and Sue-Ellan and Marino Vasiliou, whose daughter, Alegra, died of brain cancer at the age of 6 in 2017.

"The attempt was the second organized by the Little Legs Foundation, after a previous attempt for the most people playing Monopoly fell 30 people short of the previous record of 733."

"The most people playing Monopoly is 918, achieved by Little Legs Foundation® (Australia) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30 March 2025," the Guinness World Records says.

"The Little Legs Foundation® supports children battling brain cancer and is named after Alegra who passed away at the age of 6. Her parents founded the charity to raise awareness and funds.

"Alegra loved the game of Monopoly so the charity has created their very own officially licensed version of the game and sell it as a way for people to donate. The version is called "Alegra's Army" and is what everyone played during the attempt."

"A total of 918 people sat down at 150 tables to play simultaneous games of Monopoly and break a Guinness World Record in Australia," the Telegraph reports.

"The record attempt in Sydney was organized by the Little Legs Foundation, a charity that raises funds and awareness for children with brain cancer.

"The attempt was the second organized by the Little Legs Foundation, after a previous attempt to get more people playing Monopoly fell 30 short of the previous record of 733."

"Little Legs Foundation broke the Guinness World record for most people playing monopoly in a single venue on Sunday with 918 participants, overriding their first attempt of just over 700 participants. The record beats Tulsa Oklahoma’s attempt of 733 participants in a single venue," the Greek City Times reports.

"The Little Legs Foundation was started in 2018 by Sue-Ellan Vasiliou and her husband Marino Vasiliou in honour of her daughter, Alegra, who passed away from brain cancer at the age of six, ten months from diagnosis. The foundation, endearingly named after Alegra’s nickname, “Legs”, funds research for childhood related brain cancer, with $2.83 million in research to date through the ‘Alegra’s Army Grant’.

"The monopoly game that broke the world record on Sunday was created in Alegra’s honour, an officially licensed Hasbro game named “Alegra’s Army Edition”. Sue-Ellan tells me the Shopkins version of monopoly was Alegra’s favourite game to play."

"In a heartwarming and record-breaking event held on Sunday, March 30, the Little Legs Foundation officially set a new Guinness World Record for the most people playing Monopoly in a single venue," The Greek Herald reports.

"The event took place at The Venue in Alexandria, where 918 participants gathered — well above the previous record of 733 — to play a game close to their hearts: Alegra’s Army, a custom Monopoly edition created in honour of six-year-old Alegra Vasiliou.

"The foundation, established in memory of Alegra, who tragically passed away in 2017 after a ten-month battle with brain cancer, has since raised $2.83 million for research into childhood brain cancer. Alegra’s legacy continues to inspire, and Sunday’s event was a shining testament to her impact on the community."

"The Little Legs Foundation are the new record holders with 918 participants. This charity was set up in Memory of Alegra Vasiliou, who lost her 10 month battle with Brain cancer in 2017 at the age of 6. Her family pledged to help raise awareness and aid in the fight to find a cure for childhood brain cancer," the official website says.

Alegra’s legacy honouring her life has committed $2.83million to research. The Little Legs Foundation, encapsulating the magnificence of a little girl well beyond her years. The most special part of yesterday was that participants played Alegra’s very own Hasbro officially licensed edition of Monopoly. The “Alegra’s Army” edition."

WRA's Editor note: The Little Legs Foundation's official website is missing a very important section: the "Annual financial report" where donors can see where the donors money went (it looks like they are spending too much for expenses and less on actual programs, in our opinion. "Cancer research" is also a little vague area, Cancer research has, unfortunately, often been just a cover for collecting funds that were not properly used (see more here, here, the Federal Trade Commission article,