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This happened in one of the Monopoly games I had a while ago.

It was a 3-player game. Two players were in prison when the incident occurred. The third player (let's call him Joe) landed on the unowned property in his turn. This is what he said:

I don't want to buy it for the base price. Therefore, the property should go to an auction. I'm willing to bid $1 for this property. No-one else can bid, since both of you are in prison, so - I won the auction.

Is this legal in the game of Monopoly?

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"Anyone can bid in an auction, including the one who declined the option to buy it at the printed price."

Also, more official rules PDF.

From other forums I have visited, it seems as though most people do not play by the rules, the entire rules, and nothing but the rules...

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Thanks for the answer. It clearly says that in the rules. The problem was, we were playing some Monopoly "clone" game that had a bit different rules, and there was one stating "you cannot buy property, houses or hotels while in jail". I'm not sure if it also disallowed collecting rent. Anyway, I'm not a big enthusiast of Monopoly, so I didn't think the rules may differ from the original. – beam022 Oct 25 '12 at 18:46
That's interesting... So the game (board, pieces, money, etc) was entirely a "knockoff"?? – The Chaz 2.0 Oct 25 '12 at 20:10
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Exactly. With slightly changed rules (for worse), as it appears... – beam022 Oct 25 '12 at 20:15
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Being in prison means that a player can't MOVE. But it doesn't prevent him or her from doing anything else.

That means that these players can trade properties, build houses/hotels, or buy property at auction.

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