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So, what do a top hat, Park Place -- or perhaps you know it better as Mayfair --

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and two dice have in common? More than a billion people can tell you: Monopoly.

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The iconic Parker Brothers board game is 75 years old this day.

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Now, it was first released in the U.S. at the height of the Great Depression and based on landmarks in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Now more than 275 million games have been sold in more than a hundred countries since, and dozens of versions --

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you can see people playing all around the world -- have been available over the years. You can even get one in chocolate.

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And guess what; perhaps not surprisingly you can get one for the iPhone.

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Well, it's hard to beat that kind of popularity, obviously,

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and we asked the people who actually make all that paper money and those little plastic houses why Monopoly has been just so successful.

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Fellow journalist Bob Crowley visited the factory in Long Meadow, Massachusetts.

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Monopoly is the quintessential board game. It's sold in 111 countries and in 43 languages.

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It's the best game to play. This is where Monopoly is manufactured.

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This is the Hasbro Games facility. It's the largest games and puzzle producer in the world.

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We produce up to two million Monopoly games a year.

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My job is to make plastic parts for our games and toys.

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I'm sure everyone plays Monopoly. It's something that's just never gonna go away.

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I've been here 25 years. I work in the Monopoly line. All Monopolies are different.

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This is only 30 pieces in each pack. I think it teaches you part of life, you know? You make the right decisions in life,

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if you make your investments, how to save money, how to buy property. It's been part of history.

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They're more fun with the family. You get to talk with the family. Video games, you just sit there and do this all day.

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This is the final assembly line. This is where [it] all it comes together.

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This is where the magic happens. It's just a way to bring the families together.

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It teaches about numbers. It teaches you about competition. It teaches you about relationships.

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Life is just too hectic now. It moves at a pace that we're not used to. This slows it down a little bit -- perfect family game.