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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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to raise funds for England's navy, included a kind of "get out of jail free card" which the winner could use to excuse any but the most serious crimes.
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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".
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which has become a popular metaphor for something that will get one out of an undesired situation without any repercussions.
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notes that suppressing evidence in such instances would amount "in many cases to a get-out-of-jail-free card."
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In 1567, the prize in Britain's first lottery, commissioned by
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Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York
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