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I could not find this in the Monopoly rules. If a player passes Go but doesn't ask for his money and the next player plays, do they still get their money if they ask only after the next round is played?

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To what end? The point of a game is to be fun, and the rules are there to facilitate that. How does this rule increase the enjoyability of the game, for anyone? The person who missed out on $200 is pissed off about losing $200, and everyone else's game experience is diminished by making the game unjustly easier for them. – Alexander 16 hours ago
    
Ahhh, "house rules". People have lost friends over less. You need to use a little philosophy here... There's worse things at steak than £200 of monopoly money. So agree to the house rules BUT maintain them rigidly when the house-rule-er breaks their own rules. Be consistent and balanced, then you've got a workable game. – AJFaraday 55 mins ago
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Yes, you still collect $200.

From the rulebook:

Each time a player’s token lands on or passes over GO, whether by throwing the dice or drawing a card, the Banker pays him/her a $200 salary.

No mention of the player "asking" for the money or anything. It says the Banker pays him, so the Banker pays him.

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Monopoly suffers from many, many, house-rules – in other words, rules that people decide to use despite the fact they aren't the ones written down. I've heard of this being one such house rule. In my opinion, this house rule doesn't improve the game – it just allows people to be smug at other people's discomfort even more… – Bill Michell 18 hours ago
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To be clear, this says that it is the Banker's responsibility to ensure that the player is paid. If the Banker is deliberately withholding money because the player didn't ask for it, they are the ones breaking the rules (unless the table has agreed to a house rule that says otherwise). – Thunderforge 12 hours ago
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@BillMichell Suffers is the perfect word for it. "It's so lame without money in the middle. You run out so fast." Three hours later "Wow this game sucks it takes forever..." – corsiKa 10 hours ago
    
The only time I'm aware of where a player is required to ask for the money is when demanding rent because another player lands on owned property. The rules specifically state that the player does need to catch the opportunity before the potentially-owing player rolls the dice. When I played, my parents enforced the rule that a player cannot just roll dice twice quickly (due to rolling doubles) without giving the property-owner a fair chance to notice and request the rent, but if all (remaining) other player(s) took a turn (including the property owner), that was plenty of opportunity. – TOOGAM 5 hours ago
    
@BillMichell nah it suffers from people that only wants to win even if it means to ruin the fun. "You forget to ask, I do not pay you", "I stole in the bank ? You didn't see me". – Walfrat 1 hour ago

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