Galaxy Gaming Brings Monopoly and Yahtzee to Life at G2E 2025

^{Mr. Monopoly made his G2E debut, and he brought the houses and hotels with him over to Galaxy Gaming's booth right on the corner this year. (Photo: Vanessa Alves-Johnson / Casinos.com)}

LAS VEGAS -- If you roamed the expo hall at G2E this year and think you hallucinated seeing a giant Monopoly man … we’re letting you know it was real. And it’s Galaxy Gaming’s way of celebrating its new partnership with Hasbro to the public by bringing Monopoly and Yahtzee to the casino floor. 

Last week, Galaxy showcased how they blended two of the most recognizable family board-game brands into table-gaming environments. We spoke with Galaxy Gaming's VP of Product, Steve Cvetkoski, about the games, and how they all works. 

“In what we’re showing this year, we’re really celebrating our partnership with Hasbro,” Cvetkoski said. “That’s official now, and in January we can start placing the products in the market. To that end what we’re showing is the Monopoly progressive — on four different table types including our own games. If you can have a progressive, you can have a Monopoly progressive.”

Merging Table Games and Iconic Brands

Galaxy’s team set out to design a Monopoly experience that fits naturally into the rhythm of traditional table play. They displayed the game at G2E on their original table games like Three Dice Duel, along with poker and blackjack. It can also be integrated into craps and baccarat as well.

“If you’re coming to play blackjack, you should still feel like you’re playing blackjack,” Cvetkoski said. “Your hands and wins should be based on the quality of your hand. We just wanted to make it overtly Monopoly, visually and thematically, while keeping the game you came to play.”

The Monopoly table game setup has many elements that feel familiar: the Monopoly board spaces, classic properties like Indiana Avenue, and Mr. Monopoly himself engages with players on the screen. 

The screen for the Monopoly table game specifically for poker. The game can be added to any table game, but was featured on poker and blackjack at the expo. (Photo: courtesy of Galaxy Gaming)

“It’s much more visually active than a standard progressive,” Cvetkoski said. “It has a slot-like, electronic table-game feel. You want it to be eye-catching. It’s a big deal since it’s the first time with Monopoly on table games, we were going for the stunner.”

Keeping it Simple but Visually Appealing

Galaxy’s games may specialize in side bets, but the design philosophy focuses on accessibility and simplicity — something Cvetkoski calls “the golden rule of table games.”

“You need to make them as visually appealing and simple as possible,” he added. “That crosses generations. Anyone can understand it.”

The addition of side screens and animated visuals makes the experience more engaging without altering the base game mechanics. “Well if you’re going into a table and you think you’re gonna play Monopoly,” he said. “It would be a big challenge because there’s nothing to do with the game in that sense.” 

The goal of integrating Monopoly into the table game set up was to “marry the best of both worlds” so it works well as a casino game, without putting strain on the table mechanics by trying to make it play like the original board game.

Yahtzee Previewed, Battleship in Early Development

Monopoly wasn’t the only Hasbro project shown at Galaxy Gaming’s booth at G2E, the company also previewed a Yahtzee-themed table game. Cvetkoski emphasized it works best with Galaxy’s own Three Dice Duel, a baccarat-style dice game where players bet on a color, and the total of the dice determines the winner.”

They really brought the design elements to life with this one as well. The Yahtzee variant features an on-screen scoresheet and even a virtual pencil and highlighter marking out scores in real time.

“When you walk by, we want you to know immediately that this is Yahtzee,” Cvetkoski said. “You’ll see the pad, the dice shakers, and the highlighter scratching out the old pays. We wanted it to have that nostalgic, worn-in feel, but make it more fun and visually dynamic.”

Cvetkoski revealed that the partnership with Hasbro actually began with this Yahtzee concept and Monopoly came into play afterwards. Galaxy also has plans for Battleship at some point in the future, though that title remains in early development. They couldn’t really reveal much about what’s happening with that one, but it’s a concept they are working on trying to format into a table game.

“Battleship takes more work because you’re not dealing with money in that game,” Cvetkoski said. “It takes some brainpower to make it fit the casino environment, and if someone hasn’t played it they might not get the concept too.”

Familiarity That Draws Players In

For Cvetkoski, the appeal of these branded games lies in the familiarity and inviting feel that seeing that logo can evoke. “Table games can be intimidating for new players, although the key to table games is supposed to be their simplicity,” he said. “We want to draw more players in. When you sit down and look at all this, it should be inviting to you to learn about the progressive.”

Hasbro’s own success helped ease the transition, Galaxy’s marketing team noted. Monopoly GO is one of the most downloaded apps around the world right now, and there is a McDonalds’ Monopoly promotion going on, so the relevancy of the brand helped with the creative process of adapting it to a table game. 

“Monopoly did a lot of the legwork for us,” said Phylicia Middleton, VP of Marketing. “For a few decades they’ve been associated with more than just their board game, so it’s less startling than other IP would be.”

Galaxy and Hasbro Games to Hit Market by 2026

Galaxy’s Hasbro-branded progressives are expected to hit casino floors in January 2026, marking a major milestone for the Las Vegas-based company. 

As of right now, they do not have a rollout plan for the table games next year, but mentioned that part of their strategy in developing the game is “making it accessible in every jurisdiction” by formatting it for both regular table games and their own games like Three Dice Duel.

“It’s great bringing a vision like this to life and seeing it in a place like G2E. ” Cvetkoski said. “You start with just a concept, a very broad concept,  and it takes a lot of work from a lot of talented people to make it into a form that’s playable.”

Mr. Monopoly will be taking a seat at the blackjack table in 2026. Galaxy Gaming is betting big on Monopoly’s nostalgia and the classic appeal